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SUFFOLK   SURNAMES. 


SUFFOLK    SURNAMES. 


N.    I.    BOWUITCH. 


"  A  name  !     If  the  party  had  a  voice, 
What  mortal  would  be  a  Bugg  by  choice  ? " 

HOOD. 


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BOSTON: 

TICKNOR     AND     FIELDS. 

1858. 


<— -o  £  * 

/ 1  s 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1858,  by 

NATHANIEL    INGERSOLL    BOWDITCH, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts. 


BOSTON: 
PRINTED    BY    JOHN    WILSON    AND     SOX. 

22,  School  Street. 


TO   THE   MEMORY 


A.  SHURT, 


"THE  FATHER  OF  AMERICAN  CONVEYANCING, 


WHOSE    NAME    IS    ASSOCIATED    ALIKE 


Pg  gailg  ftoiirf  auft  mg  gailg  Occupation. 


CONTENTS. 


Chapter.                                                                •  Page. 

I.      ORIGIN   OF  NAMES 1 

II.      REMARKABLE   NAMES  FROM    LIFE    AND    DEATH  ;     LOVE    AND 

FEAR;    HOGGISH   NAMES;    SHORT  AND   LONG;    ETC.      .      .  4 

III.  SPECIMENS   OF   CHRISTIAN  NAMES 12 

IV.  OPPOSITE   SURNAMES   CONTRASTED 21 

V.      PECULIAR   SURNAMES   GROUPED  TOGETHER 31 

VI.      PECULIAR   SURNAMES   (CONTINUED);   GOOSE,   ETC 42 

VII.      NAMES  FROM  HEATHEN   DEITIES,  ETC.  ;    HEAVEN    AND  HELL, 

ETC.;    MAN,   AND  PARTS   OF   A   MAN 47 

VIII.      MALE  FEMALE  NAMES;   NAMES   FROM   MENTAL   QUALITIES      .  54 

IX.      NAMES   FROM   BODILY  PECULIARITIES 75 

X.      NAMES  FROM  RELATIONSHIP  AND  AFFECTION  ;  FROM  AGE,  ETC.  90 
XI.      NAMES  FROM  NATIONS,   COUNTRIES,  TOWNS;    AND  NAMES   OF 

PROMISCUOUS   OR  MULTITUDINOUS   SIGNIFICATIONS       .      .  95 

XII.      NAMES   FROM   ARTICLES  OF   DRESS   AND   ORNAMENT       .      .      .  100 

XIII.  NAMES  FROM   ANIMALS 107 

XIV.  NAMES  FROM   BIRDS 113 

XV.      NAMES   FROM   FISHES,  INSECTS,  REPTILES,  ETC.  ;    AND   OTHER 

DISAGREEABLE  NAMES 119 

XVI.      NAMES   FROM   THE  FACE   OF  NATURE 127 

XVII.      NAMES   FROM   TREES,   FRUITS,   AND   VEGETATION        ....  136 
XVIII.      NAMES  FROM  THE  ELEMENTS ;   FROM  HEAT,  COLD,  FUEL  ;   AND 

FROM   POINTS   OF  THE   COMPASS 147 

XIX.      NAMES    FROM    SEASONS,   TIME,  NUMERALS,  DIMENSIONS,   AND 

SPACE,   ETC 154 


Viii  CONTENTS. 

Chapter.  Page. 

XX.      NAMES  FROM   MUSIC   AND  DANCING,   AND   FROM   COLORS       .  162 
XXI.      NAMES  FROM  SOCIETY,  EDIFICES,  PARTS  OF  EDIFICES,  SIGNS 

OF   INNS,  BUILDING-MATERIALS,   FURNITURE,   ETC.     .      .  168 

XXII.      NAMES  FROM   STREETS,   UTENSILS,   ETC 178 

XXIII.  NAMES  FROM  MATHEMATICS,  LOGIC,  LITERATURE,  AND   LAW  182 

XXIV.  NAMES     FROM     MONEY    AND     THRIFT,     AND    THEIR     OPPO- 

SITES 190 

XXV.      NAMES    FROM    CHARITY  ;     FROM    COMMERCE    AND    NAVIGA- 
TION ;     FROM  DIGNITIES   AND  OFFICES 196 

XXVI.      NAMES  FROM   TRADES  AND  OCCUPATIONS 202 

XXVII.      NAMES  FROM  PRODUCTS  AND  OBJECTS   OF  TRADE.  —  NAMES 

FROM  EATABLES 207 

XXVIII.      NAMES     FROM     HORSEMANSHIP     AND    LOCOMOTION  ;     FROM 

GAMES  AND   SPORTS 212 

XXIX.      NAMES  FROM  WAR  AND  FIGHTING 218 

XXX.      NAMES  FROM   DISEASES  AND  MEDICINES ;    DRINKING  NAMES  225 

XXXI.      NAMES  FROM  EJACULATIONS,  ETC 232 

XXXII.  SURNAMES    FROM    CHRISTIAN  NAMES  ;    OR   ENDING   IN   OLD 

SAXON  WORDS 235 

XXXIII.  NAMES  ORIGINATING  IN  MISTAKE  ;   TRANSLATED,  CHANGED, 

ETC 241 

XXXIV.  MISCELLANEOUS  NAMES   STILL   EXTANT  AMONG   US     .      .      .  246 
XXXV.      MISCELLANEOUS  NAMES  EXTINCT  IN   BOSTON 252 

XXXVI.      CONCLUDING   REMARKS.  —  WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES  255 


NOTES 263 

INDEX 267 


PREFACE. 


When  our  forefathers  came  to  this  country,  they 
introduced  at  once  a  Registry  of  Deeds,  or  a  uni- 
form system  of  recording  land-conveyances  ;  and  they 
also  established  a  Probate  Office,  to  contain  the 
entire  settlement  of  the  estates  of  deceased  per- 
sons, —  the  original  probate  of  each  will  being  for 
ever  conclusive  on  all  parties,  both  as  to  real  and 
personal  property.  In  both  these  particulars,  they 
were  two  centuries  in  advance  of  the  mother  country, 
where  such  registries  of  conveyances  were  only 
locally  and  partially  introduced,  and  where  wills  were 
required  to  be  proved  over  again  in  each  suit  respect- 
ing real  estate.  The  county  of  Suffolk  consists  of 
the  city  of  Boston,  and  the  small  adjoining  town 
of  Chelsea  and  its  various  subdivisions.  It  formerly 
included  also  the  several  towns  now  constituting 
Norfolk  County.  Suffolk  County,  therefore,  means 
Boston  and  its  immediate  vicinity.  Our  registry  of 
deeds  now  numbers  735  volumes,  of  which  the  first 


PREFACE. 


20   contain  all  the  deeds  prior  to  A.D.  1700.     The 
deeds  of  the  next  hundred  years  come  down   only  to 
Lib.  200.     Those  of  the  first  quarter  of  this  century 
reach   to  Lib.  300;    and  the  last  thirty  years  have 
added   more   volumes   than   were   made   during   the 
whole   former   period.      It   is    to    this    collection    of 
Suffolk  deeds  that   I   refer  by  L.   and   f.     All   the 
records  of  Suffolk  County  were  removed  to  Canada 
during  the  Revolution;    and  two  volumes  —  L.  112 
and  L.  114  (for  the  years  1766,  1768)  —  were  not 
returned.      In  these  missing  volumes,  lawyers  have 
presumed  to  be  recorded  all  conveyances  of  or  before 
that  period  which  cannot  be  found,  —  a  convenient 
hypothesis,   which   however,   it    must  be   confessed, 
would  make  these  two  volumes  more  bulky  than  any 
twenty  others.     It  is  an  interesting  fact,  that,  though 
these  records  have  existed  among  us  for  two  centu- 
ries,  it   is    only    within    the   present   year   that    an 
appropriation    of  twelve  thousand  dollars  has  been 
made  for  a  new  and  perfect  Index  since  A.D.  1800, 
in  which  all  the  various  surnames  are  to  be  arranged 
alphabetically.      This   Index  will  be    of  incalculable 
value,  and  will  supersede  for  ever  a  vast  amount  of 
irksome  labor. 

The    existence   of    these    records    has    produced 
among  us  a  branch  of  the  legal  profession  known  as 


PREFACE.  XI 

conveyancers,  and  examiners  of  titles  to  real  estate. 
On  the  completion  of  my  law-studies,  my  tastes  led 
me  to  this  pursuit ;  and  I  have  now  fifty-five  auto- 
graph folio  volumes,  of  five  hundred  pages  each,  of 
these  abstracts  of  titles.  Beginning  my  researches  in 
1827,  before  the  registry  had  become  very  volumi- 
nous, I,  in  every  instance,  traced  back  the  estate  to 
the  settlement  of  the  town  ;  whereas,  at  present,  con- 
veyancers scarcely  ever  extend  their  investigations 
back  of  the  present  century.  I  have  thus  a  fami- 
liarity with  the  names  of  the  early  owners  of  real 
estate  among  us  which  my  successors  have  never 
obtained  or  sought  for.  Further,  our  law  permits  an 
attachment  of  real  estate  on  mesne  process  to  secure 
a  debt  ;  and  I  have  an  alphabetical  list  of  all  those 
whose  estates  have  been  thus  encumbered  since  1831. 
As  it  is  now  provided  that  recordrbooks  of  attach- 
ments shall  be  kept  by  the  clerks  of  the  several 
courts,  no  such  private  list  exists  anywhere  else. 

In  connection  with  these  my  professional  re- 
searches, I  have  now  in  my  possession  strictly  alpha- 
betical indices,  to  the  extent  of  three  thousand  pages, 
of  names  of  persons  who  have  been  parties  to  convey- 
ances from  the  settlement  of  the  country,  or  defend- 
ants in  suits  in  our  courts,  or  who  have  taken  the 
benefit   of  the    late    Bankrupt  Law  of  the  United 


Xll  PREFACE. 

States,  or  whose  estates  have  been  administered  upon 
in  the  Probate  Office. 

I  also  own  the  original  editions  of  Pope's  "  Iliad  " 
and  "Odyssey,"  in  eleven  large  quarto  volumes 
(1715-25);  Thomson's  "Seasons,"  both  the  original 
edition  of  1730,  and  a  very  rare  one  illustrated  by 
Bartolozzi,  published  in  1797  ;  and  the  Macklin 
Bible,  in  six  large  quarto  volumes,  published  in 
1800,  of  which  it  is  believed  that  only  one  other  copy 
exists  in  this  country.  These  works  contain  long 
lists  of  subscribers  in  England  and  Scotland.  Many 
of  the  names  embraced  in  these  volumes  and  in  our 
early  records  are  now  unknown  among  us. 

"  Miscellanies,  in  Prose  and  Verse,  by  Mary  Jones," 
was  published  at  Oxford  in  1740,  in  the  first  style  of 
typography  of  the  day.  This  work  is  dedicated  to 
"  The  Princess  Royal  and  of  Orange  ;  "  and  all  the 
nobility  and  chief  gentry  are  among  the  subscribers. 
It  is  in  the  possession  of  Charles  Sprague,  the  poet ; 
and  has  been  kindly  placed  at  my  disposal  as  '  ite 
a  treasury  of  odd  names.  It  is  remarkable  that  a 
volume  containing  at  least  one  piece  which  no  lady 
would  now  read,  should  have  been,  only  a  century 
ago,  written  by  a  lady,  and  universally  admired  by 
the  most  refined  and  cultivated  of  the  land.  Who 
was  Mary  Jones'? 


PREFACE.  Xlll 

I  am  indebted  to  Thomas  J.  Lee,  Esq.,  of  this  city, 
for  a  printed  subscription-list  for  Chauchard's  maps 
of  Germany,  Italy,  &c,  —  a  work  published  under 
the  like  royal  and  noble  patronage,  in  London,  A.D. 
1800. 

The  venerable  Charles  Lowell,  D.D.,  voluntarily 
sent  to  me  several  pages  of  names  of  members  of  the 
West  Church  in  Boston  during  the  last  century ;  all 
of  which,  however,  I  was  gratified  to  find  that  I  had 
in  my  own  records. 

There  is,  in  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  a 
catalogue  of  the  books  in  the  library  of  Harvard 
College  selected  for  the  especial  use  of  the  under- 
graduates, printed  in  1773.  Of  this  collection, 
scarcely  one  book  in  ten  is  now  seen  or  heard  of. 
It  has  furnished  me  with  several  remarkable  names. 
It  recommends  the  "  History  of  England,  5  vols. 
8vo,  by  Mrs.  Catherine  Macauley;"  of  whom  Dr. 
Johnson  said,  "  There  was  one  Mrs.  Macauley  in  this 
town,  —  a  great  republican."  Ozanam's  "  Cursus 
Mathematicus  "  has  a  less  familiar  sound  to  our  ears 
than  Macaulaifs  "  History  of  England." 

The  names  on  tombs  are  chiefly  from  Tissington's 
"  Epitaphs,"  London,  1857  ;  a  few  being  obtained 
from  Dr.  Johnson's  "  Collection  of  Epitaphs,"  Lon- 
don, 1806. 


XIV  PREFACE. 

The  early  Colonial  Records,  recently  printed  by 
authority  of  the  Commonwealth,  in  six  splendid 
quarto  volumes,  contain  very  many  of  the  most 
curious  names  in  the  following  collection  ;  viz.,  all 
those  to  which  ancient  dates  are  affixed. 

Within  a  few  weeks,  the  London  Directory  for 
1858  was  sent  to  me  by  Frederick  W.  Thayer,  Esq. ; 
but  its  appalling  dimensions,  and  the  progress  which 
I  had  already  made  in  printing  this  edition,  have  pre- 
vented my  availing  myself  of  his  courtesy  to  any 
considerable  extent. 

The  great  work  of  Agassiz,  so  honorable  to  the 
country  of  his  adoption,  of  which  the  first  two 
volumes  appeared  in  November,  1857,  has  a  long  list 
of  subscribers  throughout  all  the  States  of  the 
Union. 

The  financial  crisis  of  1857  led  to  the  publication 
of  lists  of  those  who  became  insolvent  in  all  our  chief 
cities. 

From  these  sources,  and  from  the  perusal  of  the 
city  Directories  of  Boston  and  Salem,  of  New  York 
and  Philadelphia,  the  Business  Directories  of  New 
England  and  Canada,  the  American  Almanacs,  the 
Navy  Register  for  1849,  the  College  Catalogues  of 
Harvard  and  Yale,  and  of  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy 
at  West  Point,  I  derived  the  materials  for  this  publi- 


PREFACE.  XV 

cation.  Its  preparation  solaced  the  weary  hours  of  a 
long  confinement.  It  gradually  became  too  volumi- 
nous for  what  I  at  first  designed  it,  —  a  series  of 
newspaper  articles;  and  it  is  printed  in  its  present 
form,  in  the  hope,  that,  although  it  possesses  no 
permanent  interest  or  value,  others  may  derive  from 
its  perusal  somewhat  of  the  amusement  which  it  has 
afforded  to  myself. 


In  1857,  I  printed,  for  private  distribution,  a  few 
copies  of  a  collection  of  surnames  prepared  almost 
exclusively  from  my  own  volumes  of  Records,  and  the 
works  in  my  library.  A  kind  notice  of  my  little 
volume  from  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic  ("  House- 
hold Words,"  1857)  awaked  a  curiosity  respecting  it 
beyond  the  circle  of  my  personal  friends,  and  induces 
me  to  publish  a  small  edition.  It  is  dedicated  to  a 
conveyancer  of  1626,  of  whose  claims  upon  me  I  first 
became  aware  from  a  late  publication  of  J.  Wingate 
Thornton,  Esq.  It  has,  I  trust,  been  rendered  more 
complete  than  the  first  by  the  use  of  the  numerous 
additional  materials  above  referred  to,  and  should 
now  perhaps  be  entitled  "  Directories  Digested ;  or, 
the  Romance  of  the  Registry." 

Boston,  July,  1858. 


SUFFOLK   SURNAMES. 


CHAPTER   I. 


ORIGIN      OF      NAMES. 


QURNAMES  are  known  to  have  been  assumed,  in 
*J  some  instances,  before  the  Norman  conquest ; 
but  they  did  not  become  general  in  England  until 
two  or  three  centuries  later.  Every  name,  no  doubt, 
originally  had  a  meaning,  or  was  at  first  assumed 
or  imposed  from  its  real  or  supposed  fitness,  from 
some  accidental  circumstance,  or  from  mere  caprice. 
Each  individual  is  distinguished  from  his  fellows 
only  by  his  name.  But  for  this  system,  history  and 
biography  could  scarcely  exist. 

Christian  names  being  given  in  infancy,  and  by 
friends  and  relatives,  cannot,  as  a  general  rule,  have 
bad  significations,  or  be  associated  with  crime  and 
misfortune.  What  child  was  ever  christened  Judas 
or  Dido  %  It  is  otherwise,  however,  with  surnames. 
These  will  be  found  to  be  of  all  shades,  from  the  best 
to  the  worst,  the  most  pleasing  to  the  most  ridiculous. 


2  ORIGIN    OF    NAMES. 

They  originated  later  in  life,  after  the  character  and 
habits  of  the  individual  had  been  formed,  and  after  he 
had  engaged  in  some  permanent  occupation,  trade,  or 
pursuit.  They  were  given  by  the  community  in 
which  he  dwelt,  —  by  enemies  as  well  by  friends. 

Surnames  are  traceable  to  several  chief  sources. 
The  Christian  names  of  parents :  thus  John,  the  son 
of  Dick,  becomes  John  Dickson.  Dignities,  offices, 
and  occupations :  thus  John,  the  squire,  sergeant, 
smith,  or  baker,  becomes  John  Squire,  John  Sar- 
gent, John  Smith,  or  John  Baker.  Countries, 
towns,  particular  localities  of  residence  or  ownership, 
including  signs  of  inns  :  these  local  names  are 
by  far  the  most  numerous  of  all,  —  perhaps  more 
numerous  than  all  others  together.  Bodily  pecu- 
liarities, and  virtues  and  vices,  including  names  of 
beasts,  birds,  and  insects  (as  wolf,  fox,  parrot, 
bee),  or  inanimate  objects  (as  stone,  flint,  marble, 
&c),  a  resemblance  to  which  is  suggested  by  these 
personal  or  mental  traits  :  these,  likewise,  constitute  a 
very  numerous  class.  Accidental  circumstances  or 
incidents :  thus  the  being  born  at  a  certain  season  of 
the  year,  or  in  a  certain  month,  or  on  a  certain  day, 
or  at  a  certain  hour,  may  have  been  the  origin  of  the 
families  of  Spring,  Winter,  May,  Monday,  Sunrise. 
Mr.  Nine  may  have  been  a  ninth  child.  Foundlings 
are  often  unkindly  dealt  with,  being  named  from  the 
rather  objectionable  buildings  in  which  they  are  found 
exposed. 


ORIGIN    OF    NAMES. 


Fortunes  are  amassed  and  dissipated  ;  dynasties 
rise,  and  pass  away :  but  one's  name  (slightly  changed 
or  impaired,  it  may  be,  by  time)  is  yet  safely  trans- 
mitted from  father  to  son,  —  an  inheritance  of  to-day 
from  a  remote  and  otherwise  unknown  ancestry. 


CHAPTER  II. 

REMARKABLE  NAMES,  — FROM  LIFE  AND  DEATH;  LOVE  AND  FEAR; 
HOGGISH  NAMES;  SHORT  AND  LONG;  &c. 

The  names  of  persons,  Christian  and  surname,  form 
a  very  curious  subject.  Our  records  furnish  some 
most  remarkable  specimens  of  them  both.  At  Queens- 
town,  C.W.,  lives  A.  Mirracle.  Life  died  out  many , 
years  ago,  though  we  yet  have  Mr.  Living.  Biot,  the 
name  of  the  distinguished  French  mathematician,  is 
derived  from  the  Greek  word  signifying  "  life."  Cof- 
fins, Graves,  Toomey,  and  Tombs  are  numerous.  We 
have  one  Bier.  Death  and  Slaughter  had  formerly 
some  living  representatives  in  our  midst.  Death, 
indeed,  is  one  of  our  oldest  families  (1679},  and  is 
also  found  in  Canada  and  at  Cincinnati.  A  Mr.  Death 
made  a  mortgage  to  the  Life  Insurance  Company. 
Mr.  Slaughter  was  a  commander  in  our  navy,  1849. 
Seven  families  of  this  latter  name  live  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

Todtleben,  the  name  of  the  distinguished  Russian 
general,  means  "  dead-life."  An  English  author, 
Ilive,  wrote  in  1730-3.  A  domestic  in  the  home 
of  my  boyhood  (Salem,  Mass.)  was  named  Mercy 
Deadman.      A   Mr.   Deadman    lives    at    Delaware, 


REMARKABLE    NAMES.  5 

C.W..;  Mr.  Dyde,  at  Montreal.  There  is  a  living 
Corse  at  Duxbury,  Vt.  Mr.  Corse,  of  Burlington? 
Iowa,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  No  less  than 
Hve  families  of  that  name  are  found  in  Montreal  ; 
and  families  of  Corpse  exist  in  England.  Mr. 
Mors  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard.  In  the  New- York 
Directory  are  families  of  Todt  (German  for  "  dead"), 
Corse,  Deadman,  and  Deady;  also  Dumsday (i.e.,  "day 
of  judgment ").  Matthew  P.  Deady  is  Associate 
Justice  of  Oregon  (1856) ;  and  a  Mr.  Deady  lives  at 
Streetville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Buryhill,  at  Exeter,  C.W. 
Bonehouse  is  found  in  Philadelphia  (a  name  which 
seems  equivalent  to  a  grave)  ;  also  families  of  Corse, 
Corsey,  Mort,  and  Tomb.  Mr.  Mumma  is  Chairman 
of  a  Committee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  Octo- 
ber, 1857;  and  this  name  is  also  found  in  Dumbo, 
C.W.  Hannah  Births  was  married  at  Woburn  in 
1649.  Nat  ale  is  found  in  our  Directory,  and  only 
one  Lazarus.  Six  families  of  Lazarus,  however, 
appear  in  Philadelphia. 

The  spirit  of  Devotion  may  yet  be  seen  in  our 
city  churches,  and  his  house  is  standing  in  an  adjoin- 
ing town ;  but  he  is  no  longer  visible,  in  the  flesh, 
"  on  'Change."  One  Scripture  had  a  suit  in  our 
Supreme  Judicial  Court,  1855  ;  and  this  name,  indeed, 
is  very  common  in  New  England,  being  sometimes 
spelled  Scripter.  There  are,  I  hope,  still  many  fami- 
lies of  Love  among  us ;  but,  with  a  single  exception, 
they  now  walk  about   under  another  nomenclature. 


O  NAMES  FROM  LOVE  AND  FEAR. 

Once  they  even  gave  names  to  our  streets.  Thus,  files- 
ton  Street  was  originally  Love  Lane.  It  also  became 
a  Christian  name,  here  and  elsewhere,  among  the 
descendants  of  these  ancestors.  Love  Rawlins 
owned  real  estate  at  the  North  End.  In  the  Cathe- 
dral Church  of  Peterborough  is  a  monument  to  John 
Loving,  who  died  1781.  Some  of  our  best  illustra- 
tions of  Irish  character  are  from  the  pen  of  Samuel 
Lover.  I  do  not  find  Cupid  as  a  Christian  name ; 
but  I  do  find  Lovey  and  Venus.  We  have  Mr.  Amor 
Hollingworth  ;  and  Amory  is  one  of  our  first  fami- 
lies. Mr.  Amour  was  lost  in  the  Central  America, 
1857.  In  New  York,  I  find  families  of  L' Amour, 
L'Amoureaux,  &c.  ;  and,  in  Philadelphia,  there  are 
twenty-seven  families  of  Love.  Fear,'  I  believe,  has 
never  been  a  surname  among  us:  but  we  have  Mr. 
Fearing  ;  and  Mrs.  Fear  Bourne  was  a  landholder. 
Mr.  Fear  lives  at  Elmira,  C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Fearman, 
at  Hamilton,  C.W.  We  have  among  us  the  surname 
of  Hope,  which  is  a  name  of  great  note  in  Eng- 
land. 

There  was  an  interesting  family-group,  the  mem- 
bers of  which  respectively  rejoiced  in  the  names  of 
Cord  Cordis,  Cord  Wing,  Fathergone  Dinely, 
and  Dinely  Wing.  One  of  our  thoroughfares  was 
Hog  Alley ;  but  perhaps  some  will  be  surprised  to 
learn  that  a  Mr.  Pighog  appears  in  an  early  volume 
of  our  records.  Jonathan  Pigg,  of  Dedham,  is  party 
to  a  deed  in  L.  78,  f.  66.    We  have  also  Hoggeridge 


hoggish  names.  1 

(1674),  Hogsflesh  (1657),  Farrow,  Hoegg,  Hogg, 
Shoats  (L.  90,  f.  230),  Swiney,  Ham,  Hamm,  Bacon, 
and  Brine.  Choate,  though  a  distinguished,  is  not 
an  imposing  name.  It  is,  perhaps,  a  corruption  of 
Shote,  a  young  pig ;  which  name  still  exists  in  Eng- 
land. From  a  late  review,  we  learn  that  a  former 
pope  had  a  name  signifying  Hogs-mouth.  The  poetic 
wreath  encircles  the  brow  of  a  Scotch  Hogg.  When 
an  action  was  called  into  court  not  long  since,  a  smile 

was  produced  by  the  announcement,  that  Mr.  

appeared  for  Gammon.  Another  Mr.  Farrow  is  a 
barber  at  Lewiston,  Me.  Mr.  Lard  arrived  here  in  the 
"  Star  of  the  West,"  from  Panama,  October,  1857 ;  and 
a  Mr.  Lard  lives  in  Philadelphia.  John  Wallower 
&  Son  received  a  government  contract  for  whiskey  in 
Boston  and  New  York,  May,  1857.  The  name  of  Swil- 
laway  occurs  in  our  Middlesex  records,  being  probably 
a  corruption  of  Silloway.  Thomas  Bristleham,  of 
Roxbury  (September,  1857),  shows  a  most  swinish 
taste  in  nomenclature.  In  New  York  live  families  of 
Hoggs,  Sties,  Swilling,  Swein,  and  Swiney.  Mr. 
Hog,  of  that  city,  sells  liquor.  Mr.  Hogben  (Hog- 
pen]) lives  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  and  Wallowbury, 
Hogwood,  Hams,  and  Shoat,  at  Philadelphia.  Hog- 
mire  is  a  common  name  in  Livingston  County,  N.Y. 

Some  names  are  very  short.  Mr.  Ai  Wheat  made 
many  deeds  in  an  adjoining  county.  Ai  Blood  is  a 
baker.  We  had  our  Bill  Vose.  In  our  Directory  is 
Mr.  Showe  Ar,  from  the  Celestial  Empire.    Mr.  Ernst 


8  SHORT    NAMES. 

Au  sells  milk  in  New  York.     Using  the  initial  letter 
only  of  his  Christian  name,  he  is  Mr.  E  Au  (the  French 
for  "  water  ").     Mr.  Ey  lives  in  Philadelphia,  as  do  also 
three  families  of  Ox.     I  have  met  with  Si  Er  ;  and  this 
case  always  seemed  to  me  the  very  essence  of  brevity. 
Even  the  Frenchman,  Monsieur  d'O,  having,  proba- 
bly, a  longer  Christian  name,  must  yield  to  this  rival. 
Sa  &  Co.  failed  in  London,  November,  1857,  in  the 
Brazilian  trade.     Mr.  Deas  was  graduated  at  West 
Point.     Mr.  Tuells  ought  to  be  considered  as  a  name 
of  two  letters  only ;  and  Mr.  Dee,  Mr.  Kay,  Mr.  Pee,* 
and  Mr.  Wye,  are  obviously  names  of  but  one  letter. 
Mr.  Izard  is  Governor  of  Nebraska.     We  have  very 
many  names  of  three  letters  only,  such  as  those  last 
mentioned;  and  Ash,  Elm,  Bly,  Car  (L.  547),  Can 
Fay,  Fax,  Foy,  Fox,  Fry,  Gay,  Gaw,  Gow,  Hay 
Ide,  Ral,  Sky,  Sly,  Guy,  Cop  (1669),  Dam,  Cam 
Lay,  May,  Nay,  Ray,  Rae,  Rea,  Way,  Wey,  Tay 
Roy,  Coy,  Moy,  Toy,  Tak,  Tew,  Nut,  Tye,  Gee,  Lee 
Doe,  Dow,  Kah,  Kop,  Ker,  Low,  Man;  Pid,  1642 
Ted,  1648;    Het,  1642;    Dun,   1647;    Dod,   1656 
Tyd,   1671;    Els,   1658;    Iue,    1683;    Bex,    1679 
Ong,  1679;    Bey,   1674;    Bud,  1677;  Mun,  1679 
Got,  1682;  Hix,  1677;  Mow,  Moe,  Ord,  Orr,  Oxx 
Och,  Eck,  New,  Nix,  Rix,  Wax,  Rex,  Lug,  Ure 
Roe,  Rue,  Nau,  Nye,  Joy,  Ela,  Ely,  Dix,  Yeo,  Hoy 
and  Hox.     Messrs.  *c  Box  and  Cox  "  doubtless  often 
visit  the  Museum  together.     Mr.  Coe  figures  exten- 

*  In  1857,  a  libel  was  pending  to  which  S.  J.  Pee  was  a  party. 


SHORT    NAMES. 


sively  in  various  partnerships.  Mr.  Hoe  is  not  an 
agriculturist.  Edgar  A.  Poe's  song  of  the  "  Raven  " 
is  familiar  to  us  all.  Mr.  Mee,  of  Jersey  City,  JST.J., 
failed  in  October,  1857.  Our  Miss  Mee,  in  October, 
1857,  married  a  husband  who  had  prior  claims  upon 
him  ;  and  our  Mr.  Mee,  unable  to  discriminate  between 
meum  and  tuum,  committed  ten  larcenies  in  November, 
1 85  7.  Among  the  subscribers  to  Thomson's  "  Seasons," 
I  find  Mr.  Jee  and  Mr.  Mee  ;  and  both  these  names 
exist  in  New  York.  Mee  is  also  found  in  Philadel- 
phia. Mr.  Lum  lives  at  Derby,  Conn.,  and  also  at 
Cambridgeport ;  Mr.  Lew,  at  Lowell;  Mr.  Yam,  at 
Lawrence ;  and  Mr.  Yaw,  at  North  Adams.  We  have 
Hue's  "  Chinese  Empire ;  "  Ure's  "  Dictionary  of  the 
Arts."  Guy's  Hospital  is  one  of  the  glories  of  Lon- 
don. Mr.  Gye  presides  over  the  Italian  Opera  in 
that  city.     Mr.  Yem  lives  there  (1857). 

Mr.  Aby  was  a  midshipman ;  and  Henry  Eld,  jun., 
a  lieutenant  in  our  navy,  1849.  Mrs.  Bew  subscribed 
for  Miss  Jones's  book.  Dr.  John  Dee  had  great 
celebrity  in  his  day.  Our  Mr.  John  Dee  made  a 
deed  (Lib.  584).  "We  have  now  a  Right  Reverend 
Bishop  Kip,  at  San  Francisco;  and  Kip  is  found 
among  the  graduates  of  Yale,  as  is  also  Ion.  Miss 
Hui  was  married  in  Boston,  June  25,  1857.  Louisiana 
has  its  Judge  Bry.  Dr.  Dox  is  agent  of  the  State  Pri- 
son in  Michigan.  Dr.  Uhl,  of  New  York,  circumvented 
Mrs.  Cunningham  in  her  maternity  plot,  1857.  Mr. 
Val  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer,  September, 


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10  SHORT    NAMES. 

185T  ;  and  Mr.  Kul  came  here  from  California, 
October,  1857.  Mr.  Amm  was  lost  in  the  "Central 
America,"  1857.  Gau  published  a  splendid  French 
work  on  Nubia.  Bishop  Ken  was  a  learned  and 
pious  divine.  John  Pym  was  a  man  of  note  in  his 
day.  No  hero  in  human  history  has  surpassed  the 
Cid. 

The  New -York  Directory  contains  many  additional 
names  of  three  letters,  as'  Abt,  Ach,  Adt,  Aey,  Ahl, 
Ahm,  Alt,  Arl,  Ase,  Ast,  Atz,  Aug,  Aul,  Aur,  Bal, 
Bek,  Bem,  Ber,  Bli,  Boe,  Boh,  Bom,  Bos,  Bow,  Bub, 
Daw,  Dax,  Dod,  Don,  Dun,  Ege,  Elz,  Epp,  Etz,  Erb, 
Erk,  Ery,  Igo,  Ihl,  Ing,  Jex,  Kab,  Kas,  Kip,  Kos, 
Len,  Loy,  Lus,  Luz,  Mas,  Max,  Mon,  Naf,  Nam, 
Nee,  Neu,  Ney,  Nix,  Olt,  Ort,  Ott,  Otz,  Pia,  Pim, 
Qua,  Rad,  Rau,  Ree,  Rek,  Roh,  Rue,  Sam,  Sax,  See, 
Sim,  Syz,  Uch,  Ulm,  Unz,  Ure,  Utt,  Utz,  Vey,  Voy, 
Wex,  Wet,  Wie,  Yhm,  Yoe. 

In  Philadelphia,  I  find  families  of  Abe,  Ahn,  Ang, 
App,  Ard,  Arn,  Atz,  Adb,  Axt,  Bos,  Bry,  Bik,  Box, 
Dos,  Dux,  Duy,  Eli,  Ent,  Epp,  Erb,  Eby,  Ilk,  Lao, 
Lob,  Nax,  Ohl,  Opp,  Ord,  Orf,  Ork,  Ost,  Ott, 
Hew,  Rox,  Teh,  Ulp,  Una,  Unn,  Wex,  Zah,  Zeh. 

Canada  furnishes  many  names  of  three  letters :  Eby, 
Ley,  Ede,  Erb,  Haw,  Bry,  Udy,  Jex,  Sim,  Sym,  You, 
Bew,  Arl,  Ead,  Ott,  Ery,  Ure,  Ens,  Moy,  Lor,  Etu, 
Oke,  Kee,  Eli,  Eno,  Fex,  Gex,  Deo,  Dea,  Moe,  Sye, 
Pim,  Sax,  Lox,  Oel,  Pey,  &c. 

On  the  contrary,  some  names  are  of  excessive  length  ; 


LONG    NAMES.  11 

as  Partheimuller,  Higginbottom  or  Hickinbotham, 
Champernoone,   Corolleiauer,  Breckenbury,  Col- 

LINGBOURNE,  CrOWNINSHIELD,  DwELSHAUVERS,  AlLETZ- 
HAUSSEIR.  KwiNKELENBERG,  FlENKENFLEUGEL,  GrEP- 
PENHAGEN,  GuGGENHEIMER,  DlFFENDAFFER,  HaCHE- 
DOORIAN,       CHRISTOPHERSON       (1661),       TOURTELOTTE, 

Whittingham,  and  Wigglesworth.  The  English 
name  of  Featherstonhaugh  goes  beyond  any  of 
these.  Featherstonehaugh  is  fonnd  at  Guelph, 
C.W. ;  Christopherson,  at  Montreal ;  and  Messrs. 
Bidden  clipper,  Ohrongloweis,  and  Strachatinistry, 
at  Philadelphia.  A  married  lady  of  Boston  (Mrs.  F.) 
was,  in  1838,  about  to  sign  a  deed,  releasing  her 
dower  (L.  434,  f.  295).  I  asked  her  name.  Her  hus- 
band said  that  she  used  the  initial  A,  but  that  her 
name  was  "  Aldebarontiphoscofornia."  This  name 
is  probably  the  longest  that  a  parent  ever  inflicted  on 
a  child. 


12 


CHAPTER   III 

SPECIMENS    OF   CHRISTIAN   NAMES. 

I  have  known  a  lady  with  a  masculine  Christian 
name.  Her  father,  tired  of  waiting  for  a  son,  had 
made  a  vow  to  himself,  that  his  next  child,  of  what- 
ever sex,  should  be  named  John  ;  and  he  kept  his  vow 
at  the  expense  of  a  daughter.*  Sometimes  a  male 
Christian  name  is  given  to  a  daughter  by  mistake. 
Thus,  a  lady,  having  the  Christian  name  of  Cataline, 
died  in  Boston,  in  the  summer  of  1857.  On  the 
other  hand,  one  of  our  merchants  has  the  apparently 
female  Christian  name  of  Catholina.  Parents  of  a 
sentimental  character  often  display  their  taste  in  the 
nomenclature  of  their  children.  •  Other  names  are 
of  a  decidedly  prosaic  and  practical  nature.  One 
of  the  streets  in  Boston  is  called  Shoe-and- Leather 
Street.  An  honest  carpenter,  named  Josselyn,  was 
christened  Marquis  Fayette,  notwithstanding  all 
titles  of  honor  are  illegal  among  us.  Marquis 
McDuff  also  appears  in  our  Directory. 

A  late  counsellor  of  this  city  named  two  of  his  sons 
William  :  they  are  distinguished  from  each  other  by 

*  John  Stewart.    She  died  March,  1857,  aged  eighty-two  years. 


SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES.  13 

the  middle  names  of  Nye  and  Watson.  Occasion- 
ally the  family  name  is  taken  as  a  Christian  name ; 
as  Thomas  K.  Thomas,  Owen  Owens,  &c.  Heman, 
a  familiar  Christian  name  with  us,  is  signally  appro- 
priate to  every  male-child. 

Occasionally  a  permanent  joke  is  aimed  at.     Thus 
it  is  said  that  Mr.  Robert  New  named  two  of  his 
sons  Something  and  Nothing.     This  story  is  how- 
ever, I  believe,  apocryphal.      In  our  Directory  is  a 
Mr.  Castor  Bean,  and  also  a  Mr.  Ivory  Bean  ;  both, 
doubtless,  from  the  same  stalk.     Quincy  is  celebrated 
for  its  granite ;    and  we  have  Mr.  Quincy  Quary. 
We   have  also  Mr.  Coffin   Pitts  (L.  388,  f.   164). 
King  George  also  figures  in  our  records.     A  former 
undergraduate   of    Harvard   College,   named    Spear, 
had  the  Christian  name  of  William  Shake.     Gen. 
Scott,  so  distinguished  for  his  military  achievements, 
has  the  Christian  name  of  Winfield.     Kutusoff  was 
a  celebrated  Russian  field-officer.     Stirling  Price  is 
Governor  of  Missouri  (1856).     Mr.  Louis  Dorr  lives 
in  New  York.     Hurst  means  "  a  grove ;  "  and  our  Mr. 
Grove  Hurst  made  many  conveyances  a  hundred  years 
ago.      Mr.  Always  Gentler  is  found  in  the  New- 
York  Directory.      Messrs.  Major  Depty  and  Bird 
Peat  live  in  Philadelphia.     Mr.  Fish,  a  well-known 
resident  of  New  York,  was  christened  Preserved  ; 
and  a  Mr.  Crabtree,  of  Connecticut,  personally  known 
to  a  late  Professor  of  Harvard  College,  was  christened 
A.  Green.     There  are  enough  of  that   surname  in 


14  SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES. 

New  England  to  make  quite  an  orchard.  Of  the  same 
class  is  the  name  of  Salem  Towne,  the  senior  member 
of  our  late  State  Senate.  Though  nominally  repre- 
senting the  "  city  of  peace,''  he  has  the  military  title 
of  general.  Marshal  Net  was  recently  indicted  in 
our  court.  Sometimes  a  joke  is  committed  uninten- 
tionally :  thus  Mr.  Mudd,  at  the  South,  named  a  son, 
in  honor  of  the  great  Western  statesman,  Henry 
Clay  Mudd.  Christmas  Carrol  died  at  Lowell,  Nov. 
22,  1857,  nineteen  years  old.  Dickens's  "Christmas 
Carol "  is  destined  to  a  much  longer  life.  Pleiades 
Orion  Lumbkin  was  a  former  student  at  West  Point. 
Our  Puritan  forefathers  often  used  as  names 
long  and  pious  sentences,  and  such  expressions  as 
Free  Grace,  Search  the  Scriptures,  Elected, 
Praise  God,  &c.  Hate-evil  Nutter  is  noticed  in 
our  Colony  Records,  1649  ;  and  Faint-not  Wines 
became  a  freeman,  1644.  In  November,  1857,  Rest- 
come  Case  and  Pardon  W.  (Pardon  Wicked  1)  Case 
were  parties  to  conveyances,  and  have  a  fraternal 
affinity,  at  least  in  name.  Hume's  amusing  list  of 
the  names  of  twelve  jurymen  in  Cromwell's  time  is 
familiar  to  us  all.  With  these  Puritanical  exceptions, 
even  double  Christian  names  were  scarcely  known  in 
England  till  within  the  last  century.  Lord  Coke, 
indeed,  declares  more  than  one  illegal.  Milton, 
Shakspeare,  Locke,  Cromwell,  &c,  were  satisfied 
with  one.  At  last  came  Charles  James  Fox,  &c. 
Now  they  are  extremely  common.     We  have,  among 


SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES.  15 

statesmen,  John  Quincy  Adams  and  Robert  C. ,  Win- 
throp  ;  historians,  &c,  William  H.  Prescott,  John 
Lothrop  Motley,  and  George  S.  Hillard  ;  and  our 
poets,  Longfellow,  Bryant,  Lowell,  Holmes,  Si- 
gourney,  Dana,  Whittier,  Frothingham,  Willis, 
Brooks,  Emerson,  Tuckerman,  Parsons,  Fields,  Per- 
cival,  Poe,  Key,  &c.,  all  have  middle  names.  Many, 
indeed,  are  not  contented  with  two  names.  A  married 
relative  of  my  own,  —  who  chooses  to  retain  also  her 
maiden  name,  —  should  she  spread  out  her  signature 
to  its  full  proportions,  would  write  five  distinct  words, 
amounting  in  all  to  forty-one  letters* 

We  had  a  Mr.  Returne  Munnings  ;  and  a  former 
high-government  officer,  Return  Jonathan  Meigs, 
got  his  name  from  the  circumstance,  that  his  mother 
at  first  declined  the  addresses  of  her  Jonathan,  and 
then  asked  him  to  return.  Mr.  Cumback  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress.  Mr.  Return  is  found  in  the  Direc- 
tory. Mr.  Usual  Knapp,  the  last  of  Washington's 
Life-Guard,  died  in  Newburg,  N.Y.,  in  January,  1856. 
Among  the  Massachusetts  men  who  took  the  benefit 
of  the  United-States  Insolvent  Law,  I  find  Orion 
Broad,  Salmon  Ensign,  and  Socrates  Frissell.  In 
Buffalo,  N.Y.,  is  a  business-sign  of  Adam  Eva. 

Many  other  odd  Christian  names  may  be  mentioned 
as  occurring  in  the  records  of  this  county,  such  as 
Aloys,  Almond,  Almeron,  Alpha,  Amittai,  Ammial, 
Amphion,   Ambroscene,  Annaple,  Arsmus,  Achsah, 

*  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Boardman  Ingersom.  Bowditch  Dixwkll. 


16  specimens  of  christian  names. 

And,  Ari,  Ariel,  Avonia,  Bant,  Barney,  Belitho, 
Beiri,  Biles,  Bossenger,  Bozoun,  Brice,  Bunker, 
Byby,  Corydon,  Sparrow,  Chranston,  Dan,  Doda- 

VAH,    DWELLEY,     DeMAS,     TaDE,      MaNEER,     RoOKSBY, 

Velma,  Sarson,  Salma,  Zibeon,  Kirk,  Maudit,  Kos- 
mos,  Orleas,  Sealum,  Stansall,  Pincus,  Elven, 
Hilus,  Briceno,  Parny,  Nymphas,  Galusha,  Selthia, 
Pruda  (L.  711,  f.  92),  Zina,  Ziba,  Zarlock,  Griffin 
(L.  251,  f.  57),  Sarkis,  Hirieli,  Talmuna,  Sepha- 
more,  Ferris,  Scammel,  Sabin,  Hadassah,  Cussander, 
Saloam,  Lusher,  Zabdiel,  Milo,  Manton,  Reistle, 
Stokes,  Hopley,  Orange,  Dedrum,  Delos,  Merari, 
Zattu,  Hoop,  Nyott,  Gershom,  Zeberton,  Semira, 

LOBENA,    LUEVA,    LuNANA,    ClAVARS,   ArMEDA,   ZeDA, 

zoeth,  hlland,  paraclete,  orient,  ohio,  boston, 
Quincy,  Amherst,  Salem,  Milton,  Lowell,  Philadel- 
phia, Brittain,  Albion,  Malagay,  Holland,  London, 
Vienna,  Tunis,  Florence,  Cadis,  Uri,  Smyrna, 
Ednah,  Corliss,  Fenton,  Tead,  Sparack,  Stidman, 

JOSEHEBETH,     JeHU,     JlREH,      ElISHAWAY,      RuHAMAH, 

Suyiah,  Leister,  Erdix,  Salathiel,  Vashti,  Velzora, 
Thannie,  Theron,  Orpha,  Ruel,  Odeardo  !  Luman, 
Wendlocke,  Obid,  Osson,  Othniel,  Bethuel,  Clem, 
Cephorine,  Vear,  Lucitanus,  Sebeus,  Cotton,  Ivory, 
Jasper,  Emerald,  Ruby,  Violet,  Elm,  Greenleaf, 
Branch,  Rezin,  Egidius,  Lazarus,  Loa,  Zoa,  Nion, 
Oel,  Oral,  Oxel,  Orra,  Otto,  Edee,  Iola,  Seamen, 
Seranus,  Ryneer,  Standfast,  Life,  Leader,  Lodema, 
Holder,    Bonum,     Pilgrim,     Increase,     Seaborne, 


specimens  of  christian  names.  17 

Bridge,  Supply,  Deodat,  Donation,  Given,  Tem- 
perance, Freegrace,  Orison,  Zion,  Experience, 
Consider,  Prudence,  Stilson,  Patience,  Urbain, 
Mercy,  Dependence,  Deliverance,  Hope,  Reliance, 
Hopestill,  Fearing,  Welcome,  Desire,  Amity,  Com- 
fort, Joice,  Rejoice,  Pardon,  Remember,  Selah, 
Stillman,  Dummer,  Gaudy,  Debonar,  Sweet,  Shippie, 
Telley,  Freeke,  Frizzle,  Grizzle,  Barker,  Wailey, 
Latter,  Lately,  August,  Winter,  Paschal,  Mama, 
Bob,  Bill,  Cuff,  Weed,  Starling,  Nabby,  Frink, 
Hinds,  Marks,  Pye,  Justus,  Vistus,  Virgil,  Victor, 
Wealthy,  Earl,  Baron,  Major,  Chancellor  (L.  710, 
f.  144),  Dean,  Primus,  Quartus,  &c.  We  have 
Min dwell  ;   an  excellent  name  for  a  wife. 

Administration  on  the  estate  of  America  Sparrow 
was  granted  in  1855  ;  and  America  C.  Tabb  was 
sued  in  1857.  Mr.  Emulous  Stackpole  was  lately- 
sued.  Mr.  Lemon  P.  (Lemon  Peel  1)  Harding  has 
made  many  conveyances.  Mr.  Lack  Clancy,  laborer, 
has  not  yet  become  wealthy.  Mr.  Lumber  Allen  is  a 
shipwright.  Mr.  Vespasian  E.  Flye  has  an  aspiring 
Christian  name,  and  Mrs.  Vesuvea  Foster  a  fiery  one. 
Mrs.  Minerva  Gray  occupies  a  humble  tenement  for  a 
goddess,  as  does  also  Mrs.  Vesta  Morano.  Urania 
is  the  Christian  name  of  a  citizen  moving  in  a  humble 
sphere.  Mr.  Ceaser  Hodder  is  a  carpenter;  Mr. 
Julius  Knottman,  a  peddler ;  and  Mr.  Artaxerxes  C. 
Hoyt,  an  upholsterer.     A  clergyman  in  our  vicinity 

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18  SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES. 

has  the  Christian  name  of  Grindall  *  —  more  appro- 
priate for  another  profession.  Mr.  Duffey  has  selected 
the  Law  as  a  Christian  name.  John  has  more  name- 
sakes than  all  the  other  evangelists  together.  Craven 
is  found  as  a  Christian  name  (L.  400,  f.  15).  Mr. 
Dunn  has  even  the  Christian  name  of  Cain,  —  a 
decidedly  exceptional  case  ;  as  is  also  that  of  Ananias 

CONCKLAYNE,    Or    CoNKLYN    (1645). 

The  Stickney  and  Shattuck  families  have  each 
had  members  named  One,  Two,  Three,  &c.  I  have 
met  with  Eldesta.  A  father,  doubtless  intending  that 
his  son  should  have  a  liberal  education,  named  him 
Dipluma.  Another  child,  probably  from  being  born 
on  a  particular  kind  of  bed,  was  christened  Matrassa. 
Mr.  Ari  Davis  and  Mr.  Person  Davis,  from  the 
oddity  of  their  names,  may  perhaps  be  brothers.  The 
romantic  department  is  well  represented  by  Garafelia 
(cava  filia,  or  "  dear  daughter  "),  Philura,  Belinda, 
Melinda,  Ozia,  Delicta,  Hulda,  Rosella,  Lorenda, 
Luria,  Anastasia,  Pamela,  Sophronia,  Serena, 
Alvira,  Galutia,  Amanda,  Fitzjames,  Nelcour. 
We  have  Rodolphus  Spalding.  Orlando  is  a  com- 
mon name :  thus  we  have  Orlando  Ladd,  a  carpen- 
ter ;  Orlando  Libby,  a  cabinet-maker.  Contrasted 
with  this  dignified  name,  I  find,  however,  even  more 
numerous  specimens  of  the  Christian  name  of  Garret  ; 
doubtless  conferred  from  the  circumstance,  that  the 
parties  were  born  in  an  elevated  locality. 

*  England,  indeed,  has  had  its  Rev.  Edmund  Grindal,  D.D. 


SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES.  19 

Mr.  Friend  Cushing  probably  does  not  belong  to 
the  sect  of  Quakers.  I  find  a  widow  with  the  Chris- 
tian name  of  Tamer  :  I  know  nothing,  however,  of 
her  married  life.  Another,  with  the  ominous  name 
of  Bellona,  died  in  1857.  Mr.  Valorous  Taft  is  a 
senator  of  Massachusetts.  The  name  of  Opportunity 
Hoppin  is  found  near  Boston.  Miss  Tamzene  Twi- 
ning was  married  in  February,  1857.  Mr.  Ether 
Shepley  of  Portland,  Me.,  is  not  a  rival  of  Dr.  Mor- 
ton in  the  great  discovery  of  the  age.  Coplestone 
War  Bampfylde,  Esq.,  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  sub- 
scribers. Mr.  Avis  Magnoni  died  in  May,  1857. 
Wonder  Wears  was  a  pupil  at  Groton  Academy  in 
1814;  as  was  Miss  Submit  Nutting  in  1813.  Mr. 
Saxe-Gotha  Laws  was  Clerk  of  the  Delaware  Senate 
in  1857.  Our  Mr.  Luck  Nash  was  unlucky  enough 
to  become  a  bankrupt  in  1857.  The  wife  of  one  of 
our  distinguished  merchants  has  the  Christian  name 
of  Seraph.  Miss  Euphrosyne  Tubbs,  of  West  Ded- 
ham,  was  among  the  best  contributors  at  a  late  Fair. 
We  have  Hodolphus  Spalding  and  Aristides  Talbot. 
Capt.  Sparrow  Horton  died  at  Woburn  not  long 
since.  Agassiz'  subscription-list  contains  several 
curious  Christian  names ;  as  William  Nephew  King, 
of  Georgia ;  Flamen  Ball,  of  Cincinnati ;  Tipton 
Walker,  of  Galveston,  Texas ;  Janus  (or  "  double- 
faced  ")  Fraiser,  of  Philadelphia,  &c.  England  claims 
its  Harbottle  Grimston. 

The  estate  on  Cambridge  Street,  at  the  east  corner 


20  SPECIMENS    OF    CHRISTIAN    NAMES. 

of  Staniford  Street,  was  derived  by  Mungo  Mackay 
from  Giles  Dulake  Tidmarsh.  John  Noldus  de 
vin  Pronk  (L.  435,  f.  266)  has  an  outlandish  sound. 
Mr.  July  E.  Wine  lives  in  New  York.  A  late 
satire  on  Louis  Napoleon  Bonaparte,  whose  name 
combines  the  glories  of  both  the  French  dynasties, 
belittles  him  as  Mr.  L.  N.  Bonaparte;  and  a 
well-known  writer  among  ourselves,  who  has  the 
Christian  name  of  Lucius  Manlius,  lays  aside  his 
Roman  dignity  under  the  unpretending  initials  of 
L.  M.  Mr.  Vicesimus  Knox  is  a  well-known  author. 
Tertius  S.  Clarke  was  a  clergyman  of  Stockbridge. 
A  near  neighbor  of  my  father's  had  his  eighth  daugh- 
ter. Appropriate  names  were  rather  scarce.  I  sug- 
gested Octavia  :  he  selected  Zebiah,  or  Zibby. 
Twentyman  Wood,  of  Greenwich,  Conn.,  obtained 
a  patent  for  making  shingles  (1858).  A  Miss  Eliot, 
one  of  the  owners  of  a  large  pasture  through  which 
Carver  Street  was  laid  out,  was  christened  Silence, 
and  grew  up  deaf  and  dumb. 

The  following  anecdote  was  related  to  me  by  a 
friend :  At  a  trial,  in  which  a  well-known  Liverpool 
merchant,  Ottiwell  Wood,  was  a  witness,  he  was  re- 
quested by  the  presiding  judge,  who  was  somewhat 
deaf,  to  spell  his  name ;  which  he  did  as  follows : 
"O  double  £,  i  double  u,  e  double  I;  double  u  dou- 
ble o,  dr 


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CHAPTER    IV. 

OPPOSITE   SURNAMES   CONTRASTED. 

Mr.  Belch  lives  in  New  York.  We  have  had  a  Gov. 
Belcher,  (what  a  corruption  of  the  French  Bel-chere  !) 
and  a  Lieut.-Gov.  Dummer.  Gov.  Gore  married 
Miss  Payne.  Lieut.-Gov.  Gill  lived  at  Parker's  in 
fine  style,  and  was  buried  with  great  pomp,  but  died 
deeply  insolvent.  Mr.  Derth  figures  in  the  Direc- 
tory of  1835 ;  and  Mr.  Dearth,  of  a  neighboring 
county,  after  enduring  his  name  for  many  years,  was 
at  last  induced  by  his  family  to  change  it.  A  law- 
student  at  Harvard  is  named  Dearth.  The  English 
families  of  Houseless,  Hunger,  Need,  and  Want, 
have  no  representatives  here:  on  the  contrary,  our 
records  contain  various  deeds  from  persons  named 
Plenty  (L.  394,  f.  247,  &c).  In  New  York,  how- 
ever, I  find  Mr.  Want,  Mr.  Wantman,  Mr.  Wants, 
Mr.  Nead,  Mr.  Lack,  Mr.  Lackman,  Mr.  Unger, 
and  Mr.  Hungerford.  Need  and  Needs  are  both 
found  in  Philadelphia. 

I  have  no  reason  to  doubt  that  Messrs.  Mellow, 
Haisy  (1665),  Mooney,  Slewman,  Dreyer,  Drinker, 
Bibber,    Brimmer,    Spiller,    Mead,    Beers,    Bere, 


22  opposite  surnames  contrasted. 

Ales  (1685),  Goodale,  Alesworth,  Wines,  Goodwine 
(1658),  Potwine,  Hockey,  Negus,  Ginn,  Porter, 
Popp,  Punch,  Siders,  Kilcup,  Mugridge,  Phillpot, 
Fillmore,  Treat,  Twohy,  Revill,  Revell,  and  Rum- 
rill  are  as  strictly  temperate  as  Mr.  Drinkwater,  and 
as  regular  in  their  habits  as  Mr.  Clock  (L.  384,  f.  1); 
or  that  Messrs.  Chew,  Cram,  Fullam,  Mess,  Goble, 
and  Gobble  are  as  moderate  eaters  as  Mr.  Fastin. 
Mr.  Gready  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  1842.  James 
T.  Morsel  is  Associate  Judge  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  1856.  George  B.  Dieter  is  Consul  for 
Venezuela  at  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Diety  and  Mr. 
Fast  live  in  Montreal  ;  Mr.  Fare,  at  Quebec ; 
Mr.  Feast,  at  Wellington  Square,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Chewit, 
at  Sandwich,  C.W.  Twenty-four  families  of  Chew 
are  found  in  Philadelphia ;  also  Messrs.  Fill,  Fillins, 
Fillman,  Ifill.  Lewis  Gormandy,  of  Detroit,  ap- 
propriated to  himself  what  did  not  belong  to  him, 
August,  1857.  J.  F.  Coolbroth  lives  in  Portland, 
Me.  Messrs.  Colfish  and  Colflesh  (i.e.,  Coldflsh 
and  Coldflesh),  Mr.  Chowder  and  Mr.  Gravy,  are 
found  in  Philadelphia ;  and  both  Mr.  Faster  and  Mr. 
Feaster.  A  Mr.  Feaster  also  lives  at  Altona,  C.W. ; 
and  another  was  wounded  in  a  late  riot  at  Baltimore. 
Mr.  Chew  Van  Bibber,  of  that  city,  subscribed  for 
Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Gobels  lives  at  Bridgeport, 
Conn. ;  Mr.  Dainty  at  Pittsfield,  and  also  at  Phila- 
delphia. The  families  of  Dining  and  Eatwell  did 
not  emigrate  to  this  country.     Mr.  Woodfork,  how- 


OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED.  23 

ever,  is  found  in  our  Directory.  Messrs.  Forke  and 
Forker  live  in  New  York ;  and  Messrs.  Forcum 
and  Forker,  in  Philadelphia.  In  the  New-York 
Directory  are  also  found  Mr.  Dainty,  and  Messrs. 
Crum,  Crumb,  and  Crummy  ;  Messrs.  Gready  and 
Grede  ;  eleven  families  of  Munch  ;  Mr.  Larder,  Mr. 
Meatman,  Mr.  Meels,  and  Messrs.  Filling  and  Spill- 
ing. Mr.  Fasting,  of  that  city,  is  a  grocer.  Our 
Mr.  Spooner  seems  to  stand  by  himself  between  the 
eaters  and  drinkers. 

Mr.  Rap  is  not  a  medium,  nor  is  Mr.  Tippin 
(L.  365).  A  Mr.  Tipping  appears  in  our  Colony 
Records,  1676;  and  Thomas  Tipping  lived  in  Eng- 
land in  1800.  Both  Mr.  Raps  and  Mr.  Tipper  live 
in  New  York ;  and  Mr.  Wallrapp,  in  Philadelphia. 
In  the  Newhaven  Churchyard,  England,  is  a  monu- 
ment to  Thomas  Tipper,  who  died  in  1785.  Sears 
is  supposed  to  mean  "  soothsayer,"  and  to  be 
identical  with  Sayer.  Mr.  Augur  has  a  case  now 
pending,  which  his  opponent  doubtless  feels  to  be  a 
bore :  he  is  of  an  old  family.  A  Mr.  Augur  appears 
in  1658;  and  Mr.  Augurs  received  the  notice  of  our 
forefathers  in  1671.  Both  Sibel  and  Sibell  are 
found  in  New  York.  Mr.  Soldem  has  ventured  to 
bring  a  suit.  Our  Messrs.  Parson,  Parsons,  Shriever, 
Friar,  Friary,  Priest,  Divine,  Deacon,  Creed 
Quaker,  Church,  Pray,  and  Revere  are  probably 
not  more  pious  than  our  Mr.  Pagan  or  Mr.  Turk. 
Both  Mr.  Churchman  and  Mr.  Mussalman  live  in 


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OrPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED. 


New  York  ;   also  Messrs.  Bigot,  Munk,  and  Nunns. 
Mr.  K,osery  lives  at  Lockport,  C.W. ;  Dr.  Kirkbride, 
at    Philadelphia  ;    also    Messrs.    Bigot,   Bapst,    and 
Musselman.     Mr.  Layman  lives  at  Spring's  Arbour. 
Mr.  Layman,  in  1857,  committed  a  murder  at  the 
South,  and  will  doubtless  be  hung  without  benefit 
of  clergy.      Mr.  Praed,  one   of  England's   sweetest 
poets,  has  by  no  means  confined  his  Muse  to  sacred 
themes.     Dr.  Verity  lives  at  Haysville,  C.W.     An 
English   clergyman,  Rev.   Arundel  Verity,  falsely 
and   fraudulently   converted    to    his    own   use  funds 
designed  for  conversion  of  the  heathen.     Mr.  New- 
gate (1651)  was  not  an  escaped  convict;  nor  does  it 
appear  that  Mr.  Selman  (1674)  was  a  slaveholder. 
Mr.  Mothersell  lives  at  Kingston,  C.W.     No  cleri- 
cal associations  surround  the  name  of  Rev.  William 
Youngblood,  of  New  York.      A   Dr.   Youngblood 
lives  at   Sandwich,  C.W.      Pleasant  M.  Mask,    of 
Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  treacherously  murdered  a  young 
lady  in  1857.     We  have  both  the  Bible  and   the 
Coran  in  our  Directory.     The  Bible  is  nominally  met 
with,  both  in  New  York  and  in  Philadelphia.    Mr.  Pas- 
tor makes  casks  instead  of  converts,  and  can  operate 
better  upon  hoops  than  upon  heathens ;  but,  though 
our  Pastor  is  a  cooper,  our  Cooper  was  the  best  of 
pastors.     William  Pagan,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chan- 
dos's  maps.     We  have  the  name  of  Pfaff.     Pfaffe 
is  the  German  for  "  priest." 

I  find  a  Mr.  Tenant;   and  we  have  Wirth,  the 


OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED.  25 

German  for  "  landlord."  Both  Tenant  and  Tennent 
are  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Charter  and  Mr. 
Cade,  I  hope,  alike  voted  for  Fremont.  Mr.  Derrick, 
Mr.  Delvin,  and  Mr.  Carty,  are  laborers.  Our  Lind 
and  Mozart  are  not  musical.  Mr.  Fluent  and  Mr. 
Flowry  are  not  probably  greater  orators  than 
Mr.  Stuck,  of  St.  Louis.  Our  Mr.  Boniface  is  not  a 
landlord.  Our  Marmion  is  a  stone-cutter.  Mr. 
Macbeth  obtained  sovereign  power  as  Mayor  of 
Charleston,  S.C.,  in  1857;  and  Banquo  keeps  house 
in  New  York.  I  formerly  knew  a  Mr.  Dam,  who 
intercepted  other  liquids  than  water.  Mr.  Bench, 
Mr.  Mode,  and  Mr.  Bodkin,  are  tailors.  Mr.  B. 
Coates  was  a  tailor  in  Prince  Street.  Mr.  Wax  is 
not  a  cobbler,  nor  is  Mr.  Soles  ;  but  Mr.  Charles 
Carr  drives  a  job-wagon,  and  Mr.  Boss  is  a  master- 
workman.  Mr.  Adorno  is  a  varnisher  in  New  York. 
Our  Mr.  Covert  puts  covers  on  books.  Mr.  Glass- 
brook  has  a  most  mirror-like  name,  and  is  a  hair- 
dresser. We  have  Mr.  Penn,  Mr.  Inker,  and  Mr. 
Standish  ;  but  our  Blott  has  been  obliterated. 
Mr.  Inkpen,  Mr.  Quill,  and  Mr.  Smouch,  remained  in 
England.  Mr.  Spotts,  however,  was  a  passed  midship- 
man in  our  navy  in  1849.  The  old  Romans  had  the 
name  of  Macula  ("  a  spot ") ;  and  both  Mr.  Dabbs 
and  Mr.  Daub  are  found  in  the  New-York  Directory. 
Mr.  Streek  is  a  depositor  in  our  Suffolk  Savings 
Bank,  1858. 

Mr.   Solace,  of  Bridport,  Vt.,  is  a  lawyer.      Mr. 


26  OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED. 

Grindall  lives  at  Newburyport.  Mr.  Work,  and 
Messrs.  Sweat,  Swett,  and  Swetting,  represent  cause 
and  effect.  Mr.  Sweating  (correctly  spelt)  lives  at 
Providence.  Mrs.  Quick  and  Mr.  Delay  offset  each 
other ;  as  do  Mr.  Long  and  Mr.  Short,  Messrs.  Tank 
and  Plugg,  Messrs.  Vent  and  Fawcett,  Mrs.  Standin 
and  Mr.  Faller,  Mr.  Rich  and  Mr.  Poor,  Messrs. 
Cumming,  Comer,  Comes  (1677),  Came,  Goeth,  and 
Going,*  and  Messrs.  Byers  and  Sellers.  Messrs. 
Waker,  Wakeum,  Wakum  (L.  14,  f.  383),  Vigi- 
lante, Rouse,  Rising,  and  Riser  have  their  opposites 
in  Messrs.  Sleeper  and  Nappen,-)-  and  in  Mr.  Napp  of 
New  York.  Among  English  writers,  and  also  among 
the  citizens  of  New  York,  there  are  more  than  one 
named  Wake:  and  in  New  York  I  find  Wakely, 
Wakes,  and  Wakeman  ;  two  families  of  Watchhorn  ; 
also  Traum,  the  German  for  "dream."  Wake's 
"Genuine  Epistles  of  the  Fathers"  appears  in  the 
Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  A  Mr.  Wake  lives  in 
Philadelphia  ;  and  Mr.  Wakeman,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 
Mr.  Morphy  is  one  of  the  champion  chess-players  of 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Bigg  and  Mr.  Large,  in 
name  at  least,  outweigh  Mr.  Small  and  Mr.  Little. 

England  has  its  Wragg  and  Ragg.  Mrs.  Wragge 
was  a  subscriber  to  Jones's  "  Miscellanies."  We  have 
Raggens,  Ragon,  and  Patch.  A  Mr.  Wragg  was  a 
graduate  of  Harvard ;  and  a  Miss  Wragg,  of  South 

*  Mr.  Goings  arrived  here  in  a  British  steamer,  November,  1867. 
t  A  Mr.  Nappen  is  a  clergyman  at  Ellsworth,  Me. 


OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED.  27 

Carolina,  lately  married  Dr.  Toomer  (Tumor'?). 
England  has  Bag;  and  we  have  Bagg,  Bagworth, 
Baggerly,  and  Satchwell.  One  Mr.  Bagg  lives  at 
Pitts  field,  and  another  is  president  of  a  paper  com- 
pany. In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Bagg,  Bagge, 
and  Baggs.  Mr.  Sacks  lives  at  Bradford,  C.W. 
Both  Parcells  and  Parsells  are  found  in  New 
York;  Pearsells,  at  Philadelphia;  and  Parsill,  at 
Belmore,  C.W.  Seventeen  families  of  Paquet  live 
in  Montreal,  and  it  is  a  common  name  in  Quebec. 
Miss  Hacker,  of  Salem,  married  Mr.  Sharpless,  of 
Philadelphia,  several  years  ago.  Mr.  Clipp  and  Mr. 
Cropper  both  live  in  New  York.  Messrs.  Wood  and 
Rafters,  housewrights,  are  partners  in  business,  as  are 
also  Messrs.  Millet  and  Bean.  Messrs.  Knott, 
Twist,  Tyinge  (1640),  Tye,  Tigh,  Tighe,  Messrs. 
Lemon  and  Peele,  Messrs.  Hammer  and  Tong, 
Messrs.  Sower*  and  Tillet,  Messrs.  Bell  and  Ring, 
Messrs.  Flint  and  Steel,  Messrs.  Rust,  Mould,  and 
Dust,  Messrs.  Slate  and  Chalk,  Messrs.  Beetle 
and  Wedge  (L.  59,  f.  239),  ought  to  be  so.  Mr.  Ogg 
lives  at  Wellington  Square,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Magog,  at 
Montreal.  Both  Mr.  Gettings  and  Mr.  Givings  live 
at  Kingston,  C.W.  A  Mr.  Raser  is  found  in  Philadel- 
phia. Sarah  S.  Raisor  died  unmarried  (June,  1857). 
Richard  Lathers  still  survives,  and  is  President  of 
the  Great  Western  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York. 
Mr.    Lathermore    also   lives   in   New   York.      The 

*  In  Philadelphia  there  is  a  firm  of  Sower  and  Barnes. 


28  OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED. 

firm  of  Shaves  and  Chisels  are  tool-manufacturers 
in  Warren,  Worcester  County.  In  Portsmouth,  N.H., 
there  was  for  many  years  a  firm  of  Neal  and  Pray. 
W.  W.  Marjoram  made  a  deed  to  J.  W.  Pepper 
(L.  675,  f.  31).  Mr.  Tiemann  was  elected  Mayor  of 
New  York,  1857.  A  Judge  of  Probate  in  Alabama 
is  named  Tyus,  and  doubtless  often  ties  the  matrimo- 
nial knot. 

In  1828  there  was  a  Sir  Charles  Lemon  in 
Dublin,  and  there  were  English  authors  named 
Ringer  (1734)  and  Knell  (1660).  Knell  is  found 
both  in  New  York  and  in  Philadelphia.  Sir  God- 
frey Kneller  has  a  world-wide  reputation.  Mr. 
Bender  is  a  porter.  Cavendish  is  one  of  the  great 
names  of  English  science.  Capt.  Edward  Cavendy, 
of  the  U.  S.  steamship  "  Washington,"  invented,  in 
1857,  a  tripod  for  zenith  observations.  Mr.  Arnold, 
and  his  victim,  Mr.  Andre,  are  still  in  close  proximity 
among  us.  Mr.  Ferrill  has  a  good  name  for  a 
schoolmaster,  as  have  also  Mr.  Ruhler  and  Mr. 
Rodman.  Mr.  Birch  lives  at  Lachute,  C.E. ;  and  both 
Mr.  Breakwill  and  Mr.  Breecher,  at  Kingston,  C.W. 
The  admirable  Chrichton  is  a  living  example  to  our 
community.  Our  Guy  and  Herriott  have  founded 
no  hospitals.  Neither  our  Benyon  nor  our  Kenyon 
has  the  celebrity  of  Lord  Kenyon.  Our  Porteous  has 
never  been  mobbed  (L.  626).  Our  Defoe  will  never 
write  a  new  "  Robinson  Crusoe."  Our  Gilpin  has  not 
performed  any  equestrian  feats.     Mr.  Gulliver  has 


OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED.  29 

ceased  from  his  travels,  and  is  at  home  with  us.* 
Old  Grimes  is  not  dead :  he  lives  in  New  York. 
Van  winkle  and  Vanwinkler  have  only  removed  to 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  Iagoe  lives  in  Hamilton,  C.W. 
Mr.  Shandy  (not  Tristram)  lives  in  Quebec.  Mrs. 
Grundy  is  a  housekeeper  in  Boston,  and  "  Mrs.  Par- 
tington "  is  familiar  to  us  as  a  nom  de  plume.  Mr. 
Partington  is  a  living  reality  in  New  York.  Our 
Mr.  Cottle  is  named  Jonathan  (not  Amos).  The 
English  astrologer  was  Mr.  Lilly  :  ours  is  Mr.  Lister. 
We  had,  in  old  times,  a  Mr.  Biss :  we  have  now  Mr. 
Hiss.  Both  Mr.  Bis  and  Mr.  Biss  still  live  in  Phila- 
delphia. Mrs.  Jenny  Cozier  lives  in  a  very  snug 
tenement.  Mr.  Wiffe  died  in  1638;  and  yet  the 
practice  of  smoking  was  never  more  prevalent.  Mr. 
Pipe  lives  at  Kingston,  C.W. 

Mr.  Landsee,  of  New  York,  has  compassed  sea 
and  land  to  make  one  name.  In  England,  there  exist 
single  names  made  up  of  opposites ;  as  Gocum,  Fair- 
foul,  Bindloose,  Onslow  (a  family  which  uses  the 
appropriate  Latin  motto  of  Festina  lente).  Mr.  Less- 
more  appears  in  our  Directory  of  1857.     Rev.  Mr. 

*  In  1720  is  recorded  a  deed  of  Jonathan  Gulliver  and  wife  (L.  34,  f.  218). 
Just  after  the  anonymous  publication  of  "  Gulliver's  Travels,"  Pope,  who,  with  one 
or  two  other  friends,  was  alone  in  the  secret  of  the  authorship,  writes  to  Swift  in  Ireland, 
under  date  of  March  23,  1727-8,  "  I  send  you  a  very  odd  thing,  —  a  paper  printed  in 
Boston,  in  New  England,  wherein  you  will  find  a  real  person,  a  member  of  their 
parliament  (?),  of  the  name  of  Jonathan  Gulliver,"  &c.  Swift,  under  date  of 
May  10,  thanks  him  for  this  newspaper,  and  adds,  "  And  I  remember  Mr.  Fortescue 
sent  you  an  account  'from  the  assizes  of  one  Lemuel  Gulliver,  who  had  a  case  there, 
and  lost  it  on  his  ill  reputation  of  being  a  liar,"  &c.  Scott  alludes,  in  a  note,  to  this 
last  as  a  "  coincidence  almost  incredible." 


30  OPPOSITE    SURNAMES    CONTRASTED. 

Banslow  is  a  clergyman  at  Georgia,  Vt.  Mr.  Fea- 
therstone,  of  Philadelphia,  failed  in  1857.  Mr. 
Lightstone  lives  in  New  York;  also  Mr.  Water- 
stone.  Mrs.  Waitstill  Trott,  buried  in  our  Granary 
Burying-ground,  is  an  instance  of  the  like  discrepancy 
between  Christian  and  surname ;  as  is  also  Mr.  "Water- 
man Colman.  The  familiar  name  of  Noyes  is  a 
contradiction  in  terms.  Mr.  Ducklow,  on  the  con- 
trary, has  a  name  of  which  the  two  parts  are  in  the 
strictest  harmony ;  and  Miss  Anguish  Crackbone,  of 
Cape  Cod,  has,  in  this  respect,  reason  to  be  entirely 
satisfied.  Mr.  Weinbeer,  of  New  York,  represents  a 
compound  more  pleasing  to  the  ear  than  to  the  tongue. 
The  name  of  THALBERG,sthe  distinguished  pianist, 
means,  in  German,  "  valley-mountain."  Mr.  Burg- 
thal  lives  in  Philadelphia.  Feuerbach  ("  fire- 
river  ")  —  i.  e.,  "  a  stream  of  fire  "  —  is  one  of  the 
distinguished  names  of  the  century. 


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CHAPTER  V. 

PECULIAR  SURNAMES  GROUPED  TOGETHER. 

There  is  probably  more  intimacy  in  name  than  in 
fact  between  Messrs.  Hook,  Staple,  and  Staples,  and 
between  Messrs.  Locke,  Key,  and  Keyes.  "  Jeanne 
d'Arc "  was  printed  by  Triphook,  in  London,  in 
1824;  and  Mr.  Hooks,  of  Tennessee,  subscribed  for 
Agassiz'  work.  In  thinking  of  Mr.  Wing  and  Mr. 
Bill,  we  are  reminded  that  we  have  also  Messrs. 
Finn,  Finney,  Phinney,  and  Gill.  Miss  Pinion, 
in  1648,  as  appears  by  our  Colony  Records,  escaped 
from  the  meshes  of  the  law ;  and  Miss  Woodfin,  of 
Marblehead,  was  married  in  1857.  Messrs.  Drane, 
Drain,  Suares,  Trench,  Moat,  Sunks,  Foss,  Pitts, 
Hole,  Fall,  Faller,  and  Falls  belong  to  the  same 
family.  We  have  also  Chute,  the  French  for  "  fall." 
In  New  York  are  found  the  names  of  Faller,  Fall- 
man,  Fallon,  Falls,  Sink,  and  Sinke.  Mr.  Drainey 
lives  at  Edwardsburg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Fallman,  at  Hamil- 
ton, C.W. ;  also  Mr.  Fallbright  and  Mr.  Sink,  at 
Philadelphia.  A  Mr.  Hole  published  a  work  in 
London  in  1797.      Hole's  "Liturgy"  I  have  never 


32  PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER. 

seen.  Both  Mr.  Fell  and  Mr.  Down  are  in  the 
Directory  of  1835.  A  Mr.  Richard  Fell  lived  in 
Bolton,  England,  in  1821.  My  washerwoman  is  Mrs. 
Bowlinwater,  —  perhaps  a  corruption  of  Boiling- 
water.  Mr.  Landfear,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  is  pro- 
bably not  opposed  to  investments  in  real  estate. 
Messrs.  Dulles  and  Fyler  may  both  be  found  in  the 
catalogue  of  that  institution.  Messrs.  Batt  and  Ball 
doubtless  played  together  on  the  Common.  The  late 
able  editor  of  the  "  Boston  Courier  "  (Mr.  Kettell) 
had  as  an  associate  Mr.  Frye.  Mr.  Kittle  appears 
as  a  grantor  in  L.  107.  Mr.  Caner,  though  his  name 
sounds  rather  pugilistic,  was  a  clergyman.  Mr.  Clinch 
and  Mr.  Lynch  were  also  ministers  of  the  gospel,  at 
South  Boston.  Thomas  Maule,  of  Salem,  was  a 
Quaker.  The  late  Mr.  Crackbon  was  an  amiable, 
quiet  citizen.  One  of  the  hymns  in  Greenwood's 
collection  is  written  by  Butcher,  another  by  Toplady. 
Rev.  Dr.  Gannett,  though  named  for  a  very  stupid 
bird,  has  vastly  more  intellect  than  his  predecessor, 
Rev.  John  Morehead.  Our  Boott  is  not  yet  worn 
out. 

We  have  a  John  Quincy  Adams  Bolster,  —  a 
name  which  happily  unites  the  glorious  and  the  use- 
ful. Gen.  Pillow  was  one  of  the  heroes  of  the 
Mexican  war.  Congress  —  that  place  for  long  yarns 
—  has  a  Mr.  Spinner  for  one  of  its  members.  Mr. 
Yarn  all  himself  was  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Just 
now,  there  are  probably  more  Bolters  in  fact  than  in 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER.  33 

name.  Mr.  Stocks  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857. 
Mr.  Brander  and  Mr.  Crackstone  are  probably 
descended  from  an  officer  and  a  victim  of  the  criminal 
law.  Joseph  Pickstone,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chau- 
chard's  maps.  In  New  York  are  found  families  of 
Hang,  Hangland,  and  Hangs.  Steinschneider's 
(or  "stonecutter's")  "Jewish  Literature"  was  pub- 
lished in  London  in  1857.  Among  the  business- 
signs  in  Boston  are  those  of  "  Henry  Hyde  —  Boots 
and  Shoes ;  "  "  Eben  E.  Fowler  —  Bird  and  Cage 
Depot ;  "  and  J.  P.  Draper  advertises  superior  shirts, 
collars,  &c. 

Among  Miss  Jones's  subscribers,  I  find  Mr.  Bow- 
dry,  Mr.  Drax,  Mr.  Daddo,  Rev.  Mr.  Dipple,  Rev. 
Mr.  Degg,  Rev.  Mr.  Darch,  Rev.  Mr.  Fowel,  Mrs. 
Godschall,  Mr.  Gashry,  Miss  Gyde,  Mr.  Jubb, 
Mr.  John  Glubb,  Mrs.  Nab.  Gubbins,  Mrs.  Gataker, 
Mrs.  Holbrow,  Miss  Hindmarsh,  Mr.  Hewgoe,  Mr. 
Hibbs,  Mrs.  Jagger,  Mr.  Lovibond,  Rev.  Mr.  Mence, 
Mrs.  Nares,  Mrs.  Niblett,  Dr.  Pardo  (Principal  of 
Jesus  College),  Mrs.  Prall,  Mr.  Pypon,  Miss  Prat- 
veil,  Mr.  Pead,  Miss  Pysing,  Rev.  Mr.  Pyle,  Mr. 
Pering,  Mr.  Pargiter,  Mrs.  Questead,  Miss  Rain- 
storp,  Mr.  Spiltimber,  Mrs.  Spinckes,  Miss  Sturt, 
Rev.  Mr.  Twynihoe,  Mr.  Twiner,  Mrs.  Treacher, 
four  named  Vanhattem,  Rev.  Mr.  Vatas,  Mr.  Wight- 
wicr,  four  named  Worgan,  Mr.  Watters,  Mr.  Witt- 
noon,  Mrs.  WlTTEWRONG,  &C. 

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34  PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER. 

There   is    a    Miss    Silverheels    in    Boston  :    she 
signed  as  witness  to  a  deed  recorded  in  1857.     Mr. 
Silvertooth  lives  in  Philadelphia.    Mr.  A.  S.  Scruggs 
is   a   subscriber   to   a  Boston   journal.      Among    the 
Harvard  graduates  are  the  names  of  Gushee,  Quash, 
Sluman,    Shissler,   Frick,   and    Blight;    and  Yale 
matches  these  by  her  names  of  Brodnax,  Chalker, 
Darken,  Craw,  Diggins,   Sproat,    Sprowl,   Swope, 
Pumpelly,  Munger,  and  Uricoechea.    A  Mr.  Shouse, 
at  the   South,  choused  his   creditors  by  forgeries,  in 
July,  1857.      Both  Blight   and  Bleight  are  found 
in  Philadelphia.     Rev.  Mr.  Sprole  once  officiated  at 
West  Point.     Mr.  Switchell  lives  in  Weybridge,  Vt. 
Dr.    Twitchell   was    an   eminent   surgeon   in   New 
Hampshire.      Salem  has  residents  named    Smothers 
and  Scriggins.     Young  Quattlebaum  was  a  graduate 
of  West  Point  in   1857  ;  and  Mr.  Swisher  became 
A.M.  at  Brown  University  in  the  same  year.     The 
State  Auditor  of  Texas  is  named  Swisher.     Messrs. 
Quakenbush     and    Quakenbosh,    as    also    Messrs. 
Brash,  Broach,  and  Bubb,  live  in  New  York.     Mr. 
Huckaby  is  one  of  the  prosecuting  attorneys  of  Indi- 
ana.    Mr.  Grush  lives  in  Brookline,  Mass. ;  and  Mr. 
Shunk   was   a   midshipman    in   our    navy   in    1849. 
Mr.  Quackenbush,  of  Albany ;  Mr.  Smull,  of  Balti- 
more ;  Mr.  Crudup,  of  North  Carolina ;  Mr.  Crackett, 
of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  and  Mr.  Sloat,  of  San  Francisco, 
—  all  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.      Mr.  Mishler 
is  a  West-Point  cadet  (1857). 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER.  35 

Some  names  are  immortalized  by  a  distich  ;  thus :  — 

"  There  was  longitude  missed  on 
By  good  Mr.  Whiston, 
And  not  better  hit  on 
By  Humphrey  Ditton,"  &c. 

We  have  Whiston,  Ditson,  Dutton,  &c.  Humphrey 
Ditton 's  work  on  the  resurrection  is  recommended  to 
the  Harvard  students  in  the  catalogue  of  1773,  where 
also  Hasselquist's  "  Travels  "  are  (doubtless  with 
equal  reason)  commended  to  the  like  favor.  Mr.  Trip- 
lett  is  probably  descended  from  an  ancestor  who  was 
one  of  three  at  a  birth.  Mr.  Whitehead  is,  perhaps, 
a  young  man :  his  namesake,  the  late  Mr.  Hoar,  was 
venerable  alike  for  age  and  character.  Mr.  Hore,  in 
the  Directory  of  1841,  adopts  a  new  spelling.  We 
have  Cain,  Cane  (L.  96,  f.  175),  and  Kane.  The 
latter  name  belongs  to  the  nation.  A  Mr.  Cane  lives 
at  Hardwick,  Mass.  Pontius  Pilate  has  a  representa- 
tive in  Mr.  Pilatte  ;  and  even  Nero  has  a  namesake 
among  us,  Herrode  is  found  in  Philadelphia.  One 
Mr.  Hayman  died  in  1806,  and  others  still  live  among 
us.  The  letter  "  y,"  though  it  does  not  vary  the  pro- 
nunciation, is  yet  decidedly  an  advantageous  addition 
to  this  name.  It  appears,  however,  in  the  unmiti- 
gated form  of  Ham  an,  in  the  Colony  Records  of  1660. 
In  1781,  there  was  an  English  writer  named  Rack; 
and,  in  1761,  another  named  Toll.  Capt.  Toll  and 
Miss  Toll  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies." 
Mr.  Tolefree  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1828.     Mr. 


36 


PECULrAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER. 


Tole  was  a  colonist  in  1640;  and  Mr.  Toll  appears 
in  our  Directory  of  1857.  In  the  New-York  Direc- 
tory, I  find  Mr.  Toal  ;  also  Mr.  Zoll  (the  German 
for  "toll")  and  Mr.  Rack.  Mr.  Tolls  lives  at 
Newburg,  C.W. 

Mr.  H alpine  probably  came  from  Switzerland  vid 
London.  The  ancient  family  of  Clamp  it  is,  after  two 
centuries,  still  extant  among  us  in  the  wife  of  a  well- 
known  artist.  Five  families  of  Clampitt  live  in  Phi- 
ladelphia ;  and  Mr.  Clampett  lives  in  London,  C.W. 
John  Earthy  settled  among  us  in  1674.  In  1790, 
there  was  an  English  author  named  Smellie.  Our 
Essence  is  a  black  man :  Mr.  Savory  and  Mr.  Otto, 
however,  are  white.  Among  our  recent  marriages 
are  those  of  Mr.  Lavender  and  Miss  Garlick.  Mr. 
Garlic  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  One  of  England's 
belles  in  the  last  century  was  "  the  beautiful  Molly 
Lepel."*  Miss  Lebel  lives  at  St.  Thomas,  C.E.  Mrs. 
Plato  is  a  black  woman.  The  noble  house  of  Nassau 
has  its  representative  in  a  hairdresser.  Mr.  Bruns- 
wick dealt  in  furniture.  Mr.  Hanover  is  a  clerk ; 
and  Mr.  Lorrain,  a  housewright.  Tudor  holds  its 
own.  Titus  has  namesakes  among  us.  Mr.  Priam,  of 
New  York,  is  a  waiter.  Among  the  Messrs.  As  ay, 
of  Philadelphia,  not  one  is  connected  with  the  mint. 
Julius  C^sar  was  knighted,  and  became  Master  of 
the  Rolls,  in  England,  a  hundred  and  twenty-five 
years    ago ;    but    our   C^sar   is  only   a    hairdresser. 

*  Mary  Lepel,  who  married  Lord  Hekvey. 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER.  37 

Columbus  himself  is  a  shoemaker  in  New  York,  as  is 
also  our  own  Menzikoff.  Our  Bruce*  and  Wallace 
are  not  heroes.  Br  am  ah  is  a  citizen  of  Kingston, 
C.W.  William  Pitt  once  lived  in  North  Square. 
Our  Homer,  Pindar,  Tasso,  Milton,  Dryden,  and 
Byron,  and  our  Tate  and  Brady,  have  no  poetic 
aspirations.  Mr.  Dante  is  a  laborer  at  London,  C.W. 
Messrs.  Juvenal,  Boileau,  Voltaire,  and  Thackara, 
of  Philadelphia,  are  not  known  in  the  literary  world. 
Our  Tully  and  Curran  are  not  orators,  nor  is  our 
Cadmus  a  literary  man.  Mr.  Virgil,  of  New  York,  is 
an  expressman.  Mr.  Sophocles,  however,  is  an  instruc- 
tor in  our  university ;  and  there  was  lately  a  Professor 
Tully  at  Yale  College.  Our  Beede  will  not  proba- 
bly be  known  to  posterity  as  "  the  venerable."  Our 
Davie,  though  not  a  philosopher,  was  a  baronet.  We 
have  a  Mr.  Plato  (1857).  Judge  Cato,  of  Kan- 
sas, hardly  rivals  his  ancient  namesake,  or  justifies 
his  own  Christian  name  of  Sterling  G.  ("  sterling 
gold  "  ?). 

Mr.  Bogy,  the  banker,  of  St.  Louis,  found  him- 
self in  an  insecure  position  in  September,  1857 ; 
and  even  Mr.  Rockhill,  of  Philadelphia,  yielded  to 
the  pressure  of  the  times.  The  two  firms  of  Bottom 
and  Co.,  of  New  Jersey,  also  got  to  the  bottom  of  their 
resources  at  the  same  period.  Mr.  Gotham  probably 
never  saw  New  York.     Messrs.  Goldstone,  of  Co- 


*  Immortal  Bruce,  however,  was  a  guest  at  the  New- York  Hotel,  in  New 
York,  February,  1858. 


38  PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER. 

bourg  and  of  Toronto,  C.W.,  and  Mr.  Nogget  (1684), 
did  not  come  from  California.  Mr.  Harlem  is  out  of 
his  latitude.  George  Loyall,  of  Norfolk,  being  a 
navy  agent,  is  doubtless  a  good  patriot.  Mr.  Kings- 
land,  of  New  York,  did  not  become  a  refugee  at  the 
Revolution.  Mr.  Carland's  estate  is  not  well  situated 
for  a  railroad  depot.  Mr.  Chatel,  of  Ottawa,  C.W., 
is  not  a  slave;  nor  was  Mr.  Kilmaster,  of  Port 
Rowen,  C.W.  Mr.  Schrouder,  of  Portsmouth,  C.W., 
is  not  an  undertaker.  'Mr.  Hopkirk,  of  Kingston, 
C.W.,  is  not  a  Shaker  ;  nor  are  the  Haram  families, 
of  Quebec,  Mormons. 

Rev.  Mr.  Facer,  of  St.  Thomas,  C.W. ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Fear,  of  Vroomantown,  C.W.  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Feather- 
stone  Ostler,  of  Ancaster,  C.W. ;  Rev.  Mr.  Plow- 
man, of  Ayr,  C.W. ;  Rev.  Mr.  Oats,  of  Thamesford, 
C.W. ;  Rev.  Mr.  Tapp,  of  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Fawcet,  of  Consecon,  C.W.',  Rev.  Mr.  Lees,  of  An- 
caster, C.W.  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Gravel,  of  La  Prairie,  C.E. ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Stalker,  of  Inverness,  C.W.  ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Olscamps,  of  St.  Stanislas  de  Batiscan,  C.E.,  — form  a 
group  of  clergymen  of  rather  anomalous  names.  On 
the  other  hand,  Rev.  Mr.  Service  reads  the  Methodist- 
Episcopal  service  at  Lynden,  C.W.  ;  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Rally,  of  Haysville,  C.W.,  manifestly  belongs  to  the 
church  militant.  Mr.  Lappe,  of  New  Hamburg,  C.W., 
is  a  shoemaker;  Miss  Vest,  of  Toronto,  C.W.,  a 
dressmaker ;  Mr.  Vizard,  of  Peterborough,  C.W.,  an 
attorney;    and    Mr.    Supple,   of  Pembroke,   C.W.,  a 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER.  39 

member  of  the  Provincial  Parliament  (1857).  Messrs. 
Caryeth,  of  Port  Hope,  C.W.,  and  Mr.  Gash,  of 
Dunville,  C.E.,  are  butchers.  Mrs.  Lone  is  a  widow, 
at  Oriqois,  C.E.  Mrs.  Cinnamon,  of  Kingston,  C.W., 
keeps  a  grocery.  The  Messrs.  Broadwater,  of  Phi- 
ladelphia, are  fishermen.  Mr.  Brick,  of  that  city,  is 
a  mason ;  and  Mr.  Cartman,  a  laborer.  Mr.  Brick- 
layer, of  Montreal,  is  a  laborer ;  Mr.  Rumble,  of 
Clinton,  C.W.,  a  wagon-maker;  and  Mr.  Saddler, 
of  Adelaide,  C.W.,  a  harness-maker.  Mr.  Builder,  of 
Caledonia,  C.W.,  is  merely  a  cabinet-maker.  Mr. 
Spurgeon,  of  Toronto,  C.W.,  takes  care  of  soles, 
not  of  souls  ;  and  Mr.  Hatter,  of  Ottawa,  C.W.,  is  a 
shoemaker.  Mrs.  Bloomy  is  a  schoolmistress  at  St. 
Zepherine,  C.E.,  —  an  employment  decidedly  unfavor- 
able to  the  complexion. 

The  Paddy  .  family,  though  specifically  extinct,  is 
still  the  largest  in  Boston.  We  have  the  names  of 
Frail  and  Parramore.  Mr.  Hake  arrived  here  in  a 
Cunard  steamer,  November,  1857.  Many  a  Hussey 
may  be  met  with.  Lemans,  Harridans,  and  Trulls  * 
abound  ;  and  Wantons  have  disappeared  from  among 
us  only  in  name.  Harlots,  however,  are  not  found 
here,  though  they  are  in  London.  Among  the  unfortu- 
nate passengers  of  the  "  Central  America  "  (1857)  was 
one  named  Fallen  ;  and  Mr.  Frailey  w^as  a  lieutenant 


*  A  wealthy  citizen  of  this  name,  in  1857,  offered  a  donation  to  the  city  for 
the  purpose  of  devoting  a  piece  of  land  to  public  uses,  under  the  name  of 
u  Trull  Square." 


40  PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER. 

in  our  navy  in  1849.  Both  Frailey  and  Fraily  are 
found  in  New  York  ;  and,  in  Philadelphia,  I  find 
Fallen,  Paramore,  Parremore,  with  no  less  than 
eight  families  of  Frailey,  and  sixteen  families  of 
Fraley.  Mr.  Letcher,  of  Virginia,  is  a  member 
of  Congress.  Rutter  is  a  common  name  with  us  ; 
and  there  are  twenty-one  families  of  that  name  in 
Philadelphia.  Rev.  Samuel  Rutter,  D.D.,  was  a 
former  Bishop  of  Sodor  and  Man.  A  libel  is  pending 
in  our  United-States  District  Court  against  Mr.  Rapes. 
Mr.  Rape  is  a  subscriber  to  one  of  our  religious  jour- 
nals. Among  German  naturalists  is  found  Mr. 
Pander  (1818).  Well,  indeed,  may  the  poet  ex- 
claim, — 

"  Not  to  mention  many  a  vulgar  name, 
That  would  make  a  doorplate  blush  for  shame, 
If  doorplates  were  not  so  brazen !  " 

Some  foreign  names,  if  domesticated  among  us, 
would  be  deemed  absolutely  inadmissible  in  good 
society.  Thus :  "  Col.  Magnus  Puke,  Chief  of  the 
Navy  Office,  and  the  last  representative  of  one  of 
the  oldest  families  in  Sweden,"  died  at  Stockholm, 
of  cholera,  in  September,  1857.  We  have  Mr.  Devine 
and  Mr.  Wonder.  Mr.  Wunders  lives  in  Hartford, 
Conn. ;  Mr.  Marvel,  at  Rehoboth.  The  English 
Marvell  was  the  wittiest  man  of  his  day.  It  is 
needless  to  add,  that  we  have  families  of  Guess.  Mr. 
Gess  lives  in  Philadelphia.  We  have  also  Whytall, 
Whittley,  Cutting,  and  Whittle.     Both  Whittle 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES    GROUPED    TOGETHER.  41 

and  Wittle  are  found  in  New  York.  I  do  not  find 
the  name  of  Swap  ;  but  Rev.  C.  E.  Swope  (a  name 
before  alluded  to,  p.  34)  was  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
Chicago,  in  1850  ;  and  twenty-two  families  of  the 
name  live  in  Philadelphia. 


42 


CHAPTER    VI. 

PECULIAR  SURNAMES,   CONTINUED.  — GOOSE,  &c. 

The  late  European  belligerents  ought  to  have 
employed  as  umpire  our  fellow-citizen,  Mr.  Royal 
Makepeace.  Mr.  Jobs  lived  in  New  York,  —  a  name, 
in  the  plural,  rather  suggestive  of  city  contracts.  Our 
Mr.  Job  is  a  family  man,  and  probably  owns  railroad 
stock.  Messrs.  Tittle,  Blank,  and  Cyfer  have 
insignificant  names.  Mr.  Blankman  and  Mr.  Aught, 
and  Messrs.  Cypher  and  Cyphers,  live  in  New 
York.  At  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Blanck, 
Blank,  and  Blankman,  two  families  of  Dito,  and  six 
families  of  Null.  Mr.  Tittell  lives  at  Preston,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Ought,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Tweedle,  at 
Glen  William,  C.W.  Mr.  Farless  was  sued  in 
1857.  Mr.  Mear  made  a  deed  in  December,  1856. 
More  is  very  common.  Mr.  Most  appears  in  the 
Directory  of  1857;  and  another  Mr.  Most  lives  at 
Hartford,  Conn.  Mr.  Overmore  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1671 ;  and  Mr.  Climax  himself  lives  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Very  and  Mr.  Welcombe  (L.  17,  f.  10) 
appear  extremely  cordial ;  while,  on  the  other  hand, 
Messrs.    Nay,    Nott,    Nevers,    Nerey,   Naromore, 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES,    CONTINUED.  43 

Den io,  and  Miss  Repell,  seem  quite  the  reverse. 
Mr.  Denyer  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Mr.  Woodnot 
was  present  during  the  last  days  of  the  English  poet 
Herbert.  Willing  is  found  here;  and  it  is  one  of 
the  first  families  in  Philadelphia.  In  New  York  are 
found  the  names  of  Doolady,  Duduit,  and  Ducom,  — 
all  implying  a  pressing  request.  Mr.  Winder,  a 
passed  midshipman;  and  Mr.  Toler,  a  midshipman 
in  our  navy  in  1849,  —  have  each  an  insinuating 
name.  Mr.  Joins  was  a  sailmaker  in  the  navy ;  and 
Mr.  Shock  was  in  the  engineer  corps  at  the  same 
time.  That  important  little  word  "  no  "  is  repre- 
sented in  the  New- York  Directory  by  eight  families 
of  Noe.  Chillingworth  was  an  eminent  English 
divine  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Mr.  O.  Very  lives 
at  Chesterfield,  N.H. ;  and  Mr.  Loth,  at  Bridgeport, 
Conn.  Mr.  Passavow  is  probably  a  decided  charac- 
ter, as  is  also  Mr.  Eid  (German  for  "  oath  ").  Dr. 
Physic  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  of 
Philadelphia.  In  the  list  of  subscribers  to  Pope's 
Homer,  I  find  the  name  of  Dr.  Pellet  ;  a  name  which 
also  occurs  among  the  graduates  of  Yale.  Rev.  Dr. 
Kirk  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished  clergymen  of 
Boston,  as  was  the  late  Dr.  Kirkland.  Our  Sha- 
drach  is  a  blacksmith.  Alexander  Garden  was  a 
distinguished  Scotch  botanist  of  the  last  century. 
Thomas  P.  Broker,  of  New  York,  is  a  member  of 
that  virtuous  fraternity.  Mr.  Cars,  of  that  city,  is  a 
carman  ;  and  Mr.  Carty,  a  driver.     Among  the  late 


44  PECULIAR    SURNAMES,    CONTINUED. 

failures  in  the  Manchester  trade  is  announced  the 
name  of  James  Cheetham.  One  of  the  greatest 
judges  of  England  was  named  Law  ;  and  Mr.  Dun- 
ning has  been  seldom  surpassed  at  the  bar.  Mr. 
Delight,  of  Lawrence,  cures  baldness  ;  and  his  name 
suits  his  trade  to  a  hair.  Mr.  Newberth,  of  New 
Britain,  Conn.  ;  Mr.  Newbegin,  of  Ellsworth,  Me.  ; 
and  our  Mr.  Newman,  —  have  probably  names  of  a 
Puritanic  origin.  Mr.  Amend,  of  New  York,  has 
a  more  modest  name  of  the  same  class. 

Many  of  our  names  have  an  undue  share  of  con- 
sonants, as  Berstck,  Bertsch,  &c.  Nitzsch  was  a 
German  naturalist.  In  others  the  vowels  predomi- 
nate, as  in  Keyou.  We  have  one  name  without  any 
vowel  (Mr.  Vghl)  ;  and  I  find,  in  Philadelphia,  the 
name  of  Shnpf,  —  each  as  embarrassing  to  the  vocal 
organs  as  some  which  occur  in  a  late  poem.  In  New 
York  I  find  Sminck.  Of  a  very  mean  and  contempti- 
ble person,  we  say  that  he  is  a  perfect  Peter  Smink. 
About  the  year  1800,  there  was  a  veritable  personage 
of  this  name ;  of  whose  character,  however,  I  know 
nothing.  He  was,  by  occupation,  a  bottle-washer. 
Peter  Smink  .is  one  of  the  characters  in  a  play  of 
John  Howard  Payne. 

There  are  many  fools  still  to  be  found,  and  some- 
times even  in  the  first  society  ;  but  the  wealthy 
family  of  Goose  has  become  extinct.  It  seems  to 
have  been  always  rather  a  distasteful  name :  hence 
their   conveyances  were    sometimes    made   with    an 


PECULIAR    SURNAMES,    CONTINUED.  45 

alias,  —  "  Goose,  alias  Yergoose  ;  "  and  generally 
they  sank  the  Goose  altogether.  Some  of  the  most 
valuable  estates  in  Boston  were  held  by  this  family 
for  several  generations.  Isaac  Vergoose,  in  1768, 
conveyed  to  Jonathan  Amory  a  tract  of  land  on 
Washington  Street,  at  the  entrance  of  Temple  Place. 
The  deed  was  recorded  in  one  of  the  two  missing 
volumes  (L.  114,  f.  26),  and  I  got  it  recorded  again 
in  1832  (L.  360,  f.  199).  Peter  Vergoose,  the 
ancestor,  owned  as  early  as  1662,  and  died  in  1667. 
His  son  Isaac  died  in  1711 ;  and,  in  1734,  a  division 
was  made  of  his  numerous  estates  (L.  50,  f.  220). 
One  of  his  daughters  was  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas 
Fleet,  the  printer,  and  mother  of  Thomas  and  John 
Fleet,  also  printers  of  note.  Howe's  Pasture,  on 
Bedford  Street,  through  which  Eowe  Street  was  laid 
out,  and  which  measured  three  hundred  and  one  feet 
on  Essex  Street,  is  derived  from  the  devisees  of  Isaac 
Vergoose.  The  Essex-street  Church  and  the  Powe- 
street  Church  are  thus  traced  back  to  a  humble 
origin.  A  Mr.  Goos  still  lives  at  New  London, 
Conn. 

The  analogous  English  names  of  Gander,  Goat, 
Blunder,  Folly,  Trash,  Mote,  Chaff,  and  Nill  are 
not  found  with  us.  The  firm  of  G.  W.  Folley  and  Co., 
of  Rochester,  N.Y.,  as  might  have  been  anticipated, 
failed  in  1857.  Flatman's  poems  were  published  in 
1686.  Nihell's  "Treatise  on  the  Pulse"  appeared 
in    1744.     Dr.    Nihell   subscribed    for   Chauchard's 


46  PECULIAR    SURNAMES,    CONTINUED. 

maps.  We  also  have,  in  our  Directory,  Dr.  Nihill. 
A  Mr.  Nill  lives  in  New  York,  and  another  in  Phila- 
delphia. Noddell  on  "  Christ's  Crucifixion "  was 
published  in  1715.  East  Boston  was,  for  a  century 
and  a  half,  known  as  Noddle's  Island.  Ody  wrote 
in  1817.  In  England  we  find  Goose,  Greengoose, 
and  Gosling.  Among  the  subscribers  to  Thomson's 
"  Seasons  "  are  Mrs.  Gostling,  also  Mr.  Enser  (per- 
haps derived  from  anser,  the  Latin  for  "  goose  "  ) ;  and 
on  the  subscription  list  of  the  "  Macklin  Bible  "  is 
George  Gostling,  Esq.  Mr.  Anser  appears  in  our 
Directory  for  1857.  Mr.  Greengoose  took  the  oath 
of  fidelity  to  our  government  in  1674.  Hon.  David 
Sears  informs  me  that  a  Mr.  Wild  goose  was  largely 
concerned  in  navigation  at  New  Providence  about 
twenty-five  years  ago.  In  New  York  I  find  Gandar 
and  Gander  ;  also  Gans,  the  German  for  "  goose  ;  " 
and  one  solitary  Goose,  with  several  Goslings.  One 
Gosling  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857. 


47 


CHAPTER    VII. 

NAMES  FROM  HEATHEN  DEITIES,  &c;    HEAVEN  AND   HELL,  &c; 
MAN,  AND   PARTS   OF   A  MAN. 

The  heathen  deities,  Odin,  Backus  (said  to  be  "  bake- 
house "),  and  Mars,  dwell  with  us.  Rev.  Mr.  Mars 
is  a  clergyman  in  Worcester.  The  goddess  Flora 
keeps  house  in  Boston.  An  edition  of  Pallas's 
"  Travels  "  appeared  in  1812.  We  have  also  the  name 
of  Gott  (the  German  for  "God");  and  the  diminu- 
tive, Goddy.  In  New  York  there  are  no  less  than 
thirteen  families  of  Christ,  including  a  firm  of  Spies, 
Christ,*  and  Company.  A  Dr.  Christ  lives  in  Lon- 
don, C.W.  Mr.  Christman  was  lost  in  the  "  Central 
America"  (1857).  We  have  with  us  Christe  (Pro- 
bate Records,  1731),  Christian,  Christy,  Christen, 
Chraister,  Gilchrist,  Goddard  ("  Godward  "),  God- 
bold,  &c. ;  also  the  angel  Gabriel.  William  God- 
win   was    a    well-known    essayist  ;     and    John     D. 


*  L.  If.  Sargent,  Esq.,  writes  to  me,  Feb.  13, 1857 :  "  When  I  was  in  Vera  Cruz, 
some  years  ago,  I  boarded  in  a  family  in  which  some  Spaniards,  male  and  female, 
also  boarded ;  and  I  met  them  first  at  dinner.  I  was  quite  amazed  by  the  words, 
'  Jesus,  shall  I  help  you  to  more  soup  ?  '  addressed  by  one  of  these  gentlemen 
to  his  friend  opposite.    Presently, '  Miss  Jesus,  a  little  of  the,'  &c." 


48  NAMES    FROM    HEATHEN    DEITIES. 

Godman,  an  American  author,  died  in  1830.  In  Phi- 
ladelphia are  six  families  of  Godshall  ;  also  a  Mr. 
Christian  Godt.  A  tutor  at  Harvard  has  a  Christian 
name  compounded  both  of  the  evangelists  and  the 
apostles,  —  Evangelinus  Apostolides  Sophocles. 

In  England  there  are  families  of  Saint,  Apos- 
tles, Christmas,  Martyr,  &c.  A  short  time  since, 
a  man  fell  in  with  three  young  girls  in  Boston,  who 
robbed  him  :  he  gave  his  name  as  Thomas  Saint.  I 
have  doubts,  however,  as  to  this  saint  among  sinners ; 
since,  not  long  ago,  some  rowdies  gave  to  the  court, 
as  their  own,  the  names  of  our  most  distinguished 
Unitarian  clergymen,  and  were  fined  accordingly. 
Mr.  Selig  (i.  e.,  German  for  "  blessed  ")  deals  in  caps. 
Mr.  Hevendeer  lives  at  Woodstock,  Vt.  We  have 
Angel  (what  a  misnomer  for  a  lawyer !  unless  de- 
rived from  the  coin,  when  it  becomes  appropriate), 
Bogle  (a  spectre),  Geist  (the  German  for  "  spirit "), 
Soule,  Fay,  and  Mabb;  also  Warloch.  We  have 
also  Engal  and  Engels,  from  the  German  for 
"  angel."  Mr.  Engelman,  of  St.  Louis,  subscribed 
for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Puck  lives  in  New  York. 
Mr.  Wand,  of  that  city,  deals  in  spirits.  Our  Mr. 
Paradise  did  not  venture  on  the  Eden  of  matrimony 
without  making  a  marriage  settlement,  duly  recorded 
(L.  653,  f.  284).  We  have  also  Soll  (the  Latin 
for  "  sun  "),  Mond  (the  German  for  "  moon  "),  Moon, 
Moone,  Starr,  Starrs,  and  Star.  Mr.  Solis  pre- 
fers the  genitive  case.     Another  Mr.  Moon  lives  at 


NAMES    FROM    HEAVEN    AND    HELL.  49 

Coventry,  R.I.  We  have  also  Cloud.  The  Attorney- 
General  of  Iowa  is  named  Cloud;  and  six  Clouds 
live  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Cloudman  lives  at  Levant, 
Me.  I  find  but  one  Sky.  Sky,  indeed,  has  been 
extensively  used  up  in  ending  off  names  in  Poland. 
Skey  lives  in  Philadelphia.  Elsewhere  there  are 
families  of  Heaven,  Devil,  and  Hell.  Maximilian 
Hell  appears  in  the  biographical  dictionaries  as  a 
distinguished  astronomer  of  Hungary,  born  in  1720. 
In  the  New-York  Directory  are  ten  families  of  Hell- 
man.  Mr.  Helhouse  was  an  English  author  in 
1819.  Mr.  Myhell  lives  at  Beauville,  C.W.  Among 
the  graduates  of  Yale  are  three  named  Dibble. 
Mr.  Dibble  lives  at  Brookfield,  Conn.,  and  also  in 
Philadelphia;  Mr.  Teufel  (German  for  "devil"),  at 
Bridgeport ;  and  this  last  is  common  in  New  York. 
Indeed,  our  name  of  Holl  is,  I  believe?  pronounced 
as  if  spelt  with  an  e.  And  we  have  Deuell,  Diehl, 
Devlin,  and  Debell.  Himmel  (German  for  "  hea- 
ven ")  was  a  well-known  German  composer.  Eden 
is  the  name  of  a  distinguished  English  family.  Both 
Eden  and  Edenborn  are  found  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Jupiter  lives  at  Waterbury,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Jove,  in 
New  York ;  Mr.  Soul,  at  Lagrange,  Me.  Mr.  Plan- 
nett  is  found  in  our  Directory,  and  sells  beer.  Mr. 
Planert  lives  in  New  York ;  Mr.  Comet,  in  Mon- 
treal. 

Columbus  discovered  a  world ;  and  so  have  I.     Mr. 
World  lives  at  Orillia,  C.W. 

7 


50  NAMES    FROM    MAN,    AND    PARTS    OF    A   MAN. 

Man  is  represented  by  families  of  Man,  Mann, 
Freeman,  Freeborn,  Tasker,  Freedman,  Vassall, 
Prentice,  Prentiss,  Bond,  Ladd,  Child,  Page,  &c. 
Boies  is  probably  a  "  wood."  Mrs.  Boycot  subscribed 
for  Miss  Jones's  book,  as  did  also  Mr.  Lads.  The 
"  Lives  of  the  Scottish  Poets  "  was  printed  by  Boys, 
London,  1821.  Mr.  Jipp  ("  a  small  boy  ")  lives  in  New 
York;  also  Mr.  Laddy  and  Mr.  Ladly.  Messrs. 
Boy,  Boye,  and  Boys,  and  Mr.  Master,  are  found 
in  Philadelphia.  Free's  Poems  were  published  in 
1757.  A  Mr.  Free  lives  at  Saco,  Me. ;  Mr.  Freer, 
at  New  York;  Mr.  Thrall,  at  Rutfield,  Vt. ;  Mr. 
Freed,  at  Deerfield,  N.H. ;  and  Mr.  Masterman,  at 
Weld,  Me.  Mr.  Cerf  lives  in  New  York.  On  the 
other  hand,  Mr.  Liberty  has  a  home  in  London,  C.W. ; 
and  Mr.  Bindless,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 

The  parts  of  a  man  may  be  seen  in  families  of 
Head,  Knodle,  Munns,  Cheekly  (1659),  Eayres, 
Hair,  Beard,  Beardmore,  Dent  ("  a  tooth  "),  Gum, 
Bossom  or  Bosom,  Chestly  (1655),  Sides  (L.  674), 
Whitesides,  Handyside,  Kidney,  Livermore,  Arms, 
Armstrong,  Hand,  Dexter  (i.  e.,  "  right  hand "), 
Tuffnayle  (1629),  Nagel,  Nagle  (German  for 
"nail"),  Silvern  ail,  Knies,  Kneeland,  Weissbein 
(German  for  "white  leg"),  Legg,  Foot,  Foote,  Schank, 
Heely,  and  the  name,  before  alluded  to,  of  Silver- 
heels.  Several  families  of  Finger  appear  in  the 
Directory  of  1857.  Administration  on  the  estate  of 
one  William    Finger   was   granted   in    1854.     Mr. 


NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    A   MAN.  51 

Shank  was,  in  1857,  Secretary  in  the  Attorney-Gene- 
ral's office  at  Washington.  Mr.  Alfoot  was  dis- 
armed by  a  Colony  order  of  1637.  Mr.  Leg  made  his 
appearance  in  1638.  Miss  Neck  is  first  assistant  in 
a  private  school  in  Brookline  (1857);  thus  occupy- 
ing her  appropriate  position  immediately  under  the 
head  of  the  establishment.  Mr.  Skull  was  defaulted 
in  our  Municipal  Court,  October,  1857.  The  ankle, 
that  most  interesting  part  of  the  female  figure,  has,  I 
believe,  no  representative  here  or  elsewhere.  Mr. 
Haupt  (the  German  for  "head"),  of  Philadelphia, 
subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  In  New  York  are  found 
families  of  Pate,  Brain,  Braine,  Eye,  Cheeks,  Lipps, 
Chin,  Chinn,  Gumb,  Gumbs,  Maw,  Mun,  Munn,  Nose, 
Hair,  Haire,  and  Wisker  ;  also  Shoulder,  Shoul- 
ders, Back,  Side,  Waist,  Lapp,  Lung,  Papps,  Tette, 
Tettey,  Teats,  Thum,  Thumm,  Knee,  Shank,  Shanks, 
Shin,  &c. 

The  very  peculiar  name  of  Waterhair  is  found  in 
L.  98,  f.  180.  Tozer  is  probably  not  derived  from 
Toe.  Mr.  Toewater  is  Dutch  consul  at  St.  Louis. 
There  is,  elsewhere,  a  family  of  Belly  ;  and  we  have 
Venter  (the  Latin  for  "  belly  ").  Mr.  Felix  Belly 
was  sent  to  this  country  as  special  French  minister  to 
settle  the  South- American  question,  November,  1857. 
Mr.  Magnus  Ventress  formerly  lived  at  South 
Boston.  Mr.  Gaultrapp,  in  September,  1857,  found 
one  willing  to  become  Mrs.  Gaultrapp.  Mr.  Tung 
lives   at   Naugatuck,   Conn. ;    and   Mr.    Tongue,   at 


52         '  NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    A    MAN. 

East  Cambridge;  Mr.  Back,  at  Granville,  Vt.;  Mr. 
Shanks,  at  Orono,  Me.  B.  It.  Chinn  was  wounded 
at  W.  Baton  Rouge,  June,  1857.  There  are,  in  Eng- 
land, families  of  Skull,  Brains,  Pate,  Face,  Eye, 
Cheeke,  Lipp,  Tooth,  Teeth,  Chin,  Allchin,  Neck, 
Shoulder,  Back,  Body,  Bowels,  Paunch,  Inwards, 
Skin,  Bone,  Kneebone,  Side,  Hip,  Heele,  Shin,  and 
Toe.  Mrs.  Brain  recovered  a  thousand  pounds,  in 
England,  for  a  husband  killed  on  a  railroad  in  1857. 
Engravings  have  been  published  from  pictures  in  the 
possession  of  G.  T.  Braine,  Esq.,  1853.  Daniel  L. 
Braine  was  a  midshipman  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mrs. 
Cheeke,  of  Lincoln-Inn  Fields,  was  one  of  Miss 
Jones's  subscribers ;  as  was  also  William  Pate,  Esq. 
A  Mr.  Dent  was  graduated  at  Yale.  The  Catalogue 
of  Dent's  Library  was  published  in  1827.  Mr.  Foot- 
head  was  an  instructor  of  youth,  highly  esteemed 
by  Burke.  Charles  Eyes,  Esq.,  lived  at  Liverpool ; 
Miss  Bone,  at  Hackney ;  and  George  Beardsworth, 
at  Manchester,  in  1821.  Sir  John  Cheke  was  an 
author  in  1641 ;  and  Mr.  Mawe,  in  1797.  I  find,  in 
1800,  the  name  of  Chinnery.  Among  the  graduates 
of  Harvard  is  Mr.  Leib  (the  German  for  "  body "). 
In  the  "  Progresses  of  Queen  Elizabeth,"  I  meet  the 
name  of  Boddye  ;  and  Boddy  is  a  common  name  in 
New  York.  Among  the  subscribers  to  the  "  Odyssey  " 
are  both  Mr.  Lippe  and  Mr.  Gumley.  There  are 
eighteen  families  of  Scull  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Heart  is  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "  Charleston  Mer- 


NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    A    MAN.  53 

cury."     Sir  Thomas  F.  Buxton  relates,  that  in  Italy 
he  had  as  fellow-travellers  Capt.  Back  and  Mr.  Sil- 

VERTOP. 

A  Mr.  Boddy  lives  at  Toronto,  and  also  at  Bondhead, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Lapp,  at  Cedar  Grove,  C.W.  Mr.  Bowell 
is  a  man  of  note  at  Belleville,  C.W.  Mr.  Back  lives 
at  Toronto,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Hipson,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Bones,  at  Milton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hands,  at  Gode- 
rich,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Handright,  at  Gould,  C.E.  Two 
specimens  of  the  unique  name  of  Nuckle  are  found 
at  Isle  Bizard,  C.E.  Mr.  Nail  lives  at  Centreville, 
C.W.  Shanks  is  very  common  at  Belleville,  C.W. 
Mr.  Maw  is  domiciled  both  at  Beauharnois  and  at 
Georgetown,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Munns,  at  Kingston,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Lipp,  at  Preston,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Gumma,  at  Ayr, 
C.W.     Mr.  Papps  lives  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  there  are  seven  families  of  Wolfin- 
ger,  Mr.  Vinger  (i.e.,  "finger");  Messrs.  Thum, 
Thumm  ;  Mr.  Forehand,  and  eleven  families  of  Fore- 
paugh  ;  Mr.  Elbow,  Mr.  Nees,  and  nineteen  families 
of  Shinn  ;  seven  families  of  Bumm  ;  Messrs.  Side  and 
Sides  ;  Mr.  Brow,  Mr.  Eargood,  Mr.  Eayre,  Mr.  Ey, 
Mr.  Godlip,  Messrs.  Lipp,  Lippe,  Lipps,  arid  Lips  ; 
Mr.  Pate;  Mr.  Pallat  and  Mr.  Pallet;  also  the 
very  peculiar  names  of  Ringlet  and  Tress. 


54 


CHAPTER    VIII. 

MALE   FEMALE  NAMES.  -  NAMES   FROM  MENTAL   QUALITIES. 

The  sexes  are  confused  in  the  names  of  Mr.  Maddam, 
Mr.  Bloomer,  Mr.  Phillis,  Mr.  Cornelia,  Mr.  Allice 
and  Mr.  Allis  (1679),  Mr.  Annis,  Mr.  Cate,  Mr. 
Hagar,  Mr.  Isbell,  Mr.  Pattee,  Mr.  Pegge,  Mr. 
Hannah,  Mr.  Hannahs,  Mr.  Ellen  (1664),  Mr.  El- 
lens (1665),  Mr.  Libby,  Mr.  Beckey,  Mr.  Lucy,  Mr. 
Lucey,  Mr.  Maggi,  Mr.  Elsie  (1672),  Mr.  Marian 
(1654),  Mr.  Maud,  Mr.  Mercy  (L.  40,  f.  263),  Mr. 
Nell,  Mr.  Nance,  Mr.  Rachel,  Mr.  Ruth*  Mr. 
Rooth,  Mr.  Jenney,  Mr.  Bessie,  Mr.  Shea,  Mr.  Leddy, 
Mr.  Liddy,  Mr.  Liset,  Mr.  Leuise  (1684),  Mr. 
Nunn,  Mr.  Dame,  Mr.  Virgin,  Mr.  Bride  (L.  507, 
f.  144),  Mr.  Widdows,  Mr.  Maress  (mayoress),  and 
Miss  Monks.  Mr.  Virgo  (Latin  for  "  virgin  ")  appears 
in  our  Directory  for  1857.  Mr.  Eve  is  mentioned  in 
the  Boston  newspapers,  September,  L857 ;  but  is  not 
a  dealer  in  fruit.  Mr.  Hester  was  a  midshipman  in 
1849.  Mr.  John  Augusta  lives  in  New  York,  where 
are  also  found  Mr.  Dolly,  Mr.  Cara,  Mr.  Jane,  Mr. 
Honnora,  Mr.  Frances,  Mr.  Leah,  Mr.  Sues,  Mr. 

*  We  have  also  Mrs.  Boaze. 


'MALE    FEMALE    NAMES.  55 

Lady,  Mr.  Lissa,  Mr.  Livey,  Mr.  Mall,  Mr.  Moll, 
Mr.  Mollison,  Mr.  Mollman,  Mr.  Megson,  Mrs. 
Male,  Mrs.  Males,  Mr.  Shee,  Mr.  Sally,  and  Mrs. 
Billy.  Mr.  Hattie  is  a  medical  student  at  Harvard. 
I  find  in  our  Directory  John  Molly.  Mr.  Manus 
Sally  was  admitted  a  freeman,  1647.  Mr.  Lydea 
is  in  the  Directory  of  1835.  Mr.  Maggy  is  buried 
in  the  Granary  Burying-ground.  Mr.  Henrietta 
lives  at  Norwalk,  Conn.  ;  Mr.  Dolley,  at  Yarmouth, 
Me.  In  Lib.  162,  f.  227,  L.  188,  f.  253,  are  deeds 
from  Mary  Polley  and  Jenny  Polly.  We  have 
also  Polleys.  Betsey  Bessee  made  a  deed  (L.  442, 
f.  243).  Mr.  Bess,  of  Dayton,  O.,  failed  in  August, 
1857.  France  had  her  Sue.  Rev.  Thomas  Madge  is 
a  Unitarian  clergyman  in  America.  New  York  has 
its  Tallmadge.  Rev.  Mr.  Jane  subscribed  for  Mrs. 
Jones's  book.  Both  Mr.  Jayne  and  Mr.  Harriott 
are  graduates  of  Yale.  Master  Betty  is  a  well- 
known  theatrical  personage.  This  name  seems  rather 
to  belong  to  those  derived  from  mental  qualities. 
Mr.  Debby  died  in  1801.  Mr.  Weibrecht  (or  "  wo- 
man's rights  ")  made  a  deed  (L.  710,  f.  254).  Mr. 
Shewill  was  a  colonist  in  1653.  At  Canterbury 
Cathedral,  England,  is  a  monument  to  Lieut.-Col. 
William  Prude,  killed  July  12,  1632.  Mariana 
ranks  high  among  Spanish  historians.  Hon.  Justice 
Hellen,  of  Dublin,  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Macklin 
Bible.  There  was,  in  1676,  an  English  writer  named 
Sall.      Pegge's  "Anonymiana"    appeared  in   1809. 


56  MALE    FEMALE    NAMES. 

There  have  also  been  publications  by  Mr.  Shee  and 
by  Mr.  Shebbeare.  Mrs.  Hemans  is  an  English 
classic.  Hem  an  is  found  in  New  York.  We  have  a 
Mrs.  Heaman.  Mr.  Crone,  of  Aurora,  111.,  failed 
in  1857.  Mr.  Queen,  of  the  marine  corps  in  1849, 
was  doubtless  a  good  republican.  This  name  is  also 
found  in  New  York.  "  The  lovely  Thais  "  is  also 
represented  there.  Mr.  Wimen,  of  that  city,  seems  to 
embody  the  whole  sex.  On  the  other  hand,  the  dis- 
tinguished English  astronomer,  Dr.  Ma  skyline,  seems 
to  abjure  them  altogether. 

Mr.  Hester  resides  at  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Sukey 
lives  at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Susand,  at  Berlin,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Bridgit,  at  Oneida,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Norah,  at  Kings- 
ton, C.W. ;  Mr.  Bettys,  at  Florence,  C.W.  We  have 
a  Mr.  Goody  at  Quebec,  and  also  at  Beaverston, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Crone,  at  Newmarket,  C.W.  ;  and  Mr. 
Postress,  at  Montreal.  A  Mr.  Widder  dwells  at 
Goclerich,  C.W.,  and  another  at  Toronto.  Sam  Wel- 
ler  wTould  be  afraid  to  reside  in  Philadelphia,  as  it 
contains  families  both  of  Widdoes  and  Widdow.  In 
that  city  I  also  find  Mr.  Ada,  Mr.  Alice,  Mr.  Ama- 
zella,  Mr.  Anne,  Mr.  Austis,  Mr.  Ella,  Mr.  Eva  ; 
two  families  of  Dorothy  ;  also  Mr.  Countiss,  Mr. 
Virgo,  and  Mr.  Miss. 

One  name  unites  the  masculine  and  the  neuter,  — 
Mr.  Hickock  (hic-hoc).  Mr.  Manlover,  lost  in  the 
"Central  America"  (1857),  had  a  name  especially 
appropriate  to  the  female  sex.     A  name  applicable  to 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  57 

the  whole  human  race  is  borne  by  Mr.  Z.  R.  Pang- 
born,  a  delegate  from  Massachusetts  to  the  late 
Philadelphia  Convention.  This  name  is  that  of  a 
place  on  the  river  Thames,  of  which  an  engraved  view 
is  given  by  Boydell.  Mr.  Someborn,  of  Philadelphia, 
may  feel  assured  that  somebody  was  his  father. 
In  1698,  there  was  a  London  publisher  named  Man- 
ship.  One  name  among  us  seems  to  imply  a  doubt  of 
its  own  identity :  in  L.  182,  f.  173,  is  a  deed  to  a  Mr. 
Otherman  ;  probably,  however,  a  mistake  for  Othe- 
man.  Mr.  Alter  (the  Latin  for  "  other  ")  was 
graduated  at  Yale ;  and  this  is  a  common  name  in 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  Knotmy  (not  me)  appears  in  the 
Directory  for  1857.  A  Mr.  Notman  lives  at  Dundas, 
C.W. ;  and  another,  at  Montreal. 

Mental  qualities  or  states  have  given  us  ( many 
names.  Messrs.  Prime,  Good,*  Goode,  Better,  Best, 
Longworth,  Langworthy,  Goodman,  Goodfellow, 
Goodenough  or  Goodnow,  Twogood  (1640),  Buon- 
core  (i.  e.,  "  good  heart "),  Merritt,  Duty,  Virtue, 
Candor,  Eight  (1642),Worthman  (1680),  and  Worth 
probably  all  had  their  failings.  Mr.  Demeritt  bears 
an  excellent  reputation.  Mr.  Pattern  was  men- 
tioned in  the  newspapers  of  January,  1858.  Miss 
Betterman  bettered  her  situation  by  matrimony  in 
October,  1857.  Our  Gen.  Worth  was  buried  in  New 
York,  November,  1857.     Mr.   Scattergood  lives  at 


*  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Good,  of  Roxbury,  in  October,  1857,  were  before  the  Police 
Court. 


58  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

Brown's  Mills,  N.J.  (1857).  Mr.  Bonnemot  (or 
"  good  word  ")  lives  in  Dedham.  Miss  Goodheart, 
of  Philadelphia,  is  just  married.  Mr.  Hartwell,  Mr. 
D'Honneur,  and  Mr.  Heyliger  (heilig  is  the  German 
for  "  holy  "),  were  graduated  at  Yale.  In  New  York 
are  families  of  Just,  Justus,  Justerer,  &c.  Just  and 
Co.  is  an  English  firm.  Mr.  Evilly  appears  in  our 
Colony  Records,  1673;  and  a  Mr.  Evily  lives  in 
New  York.  Margaret  Dignum  (Latin  neuter  for 
"  worthy  ")  died  in  1856.  Rosa  Bonheur  is  a  distin- 
guished painter  of  animals.  Our  Mr.  Ehrlich  is  the 
German  for  "  honorable ;  "  and  Adle  is  probably 
"  noble."  Mr.  Frank  lives  at  Greenfield,  Mass. ;  and 
Mr.  Worthy,  at  Springfield ;  Mr.  L'Homedieu,  at 
Nantucket;  and  Mr.  Priestly,  at  Chicopee.  Mr. 
Chasty  lives  in  New  York;  as  do  also  Mr.  Faithy 
and  Mr.  Fairly,  Mr.  Moral,  Mr.  Model,  and  Mr. 
Leal  ;  Mr.  Lyke,  Mr.  Melius  (Latin  neuter  for  "  bet- 
ter "),  and  Mr.  Rarer.  There  are  English  families 
of  Toogood,  Peerless,  and  Perfect.  Dr.  Priestley 
was  eminent  in  the  walks  of  science.  Mr.  Thorogood, 
of  Cambridge,  was  married,  July,  1857.  Mr.  Tho- 
rowgood  was  an  English  author  in  1652  ;  and 
Michael  Towgood's  work  on  dissent  from  the  church 
of  England  appears  on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of 
1773;  as  does  also  "Wildman  on  Bees."  Mr.  Vir- 
tue is  a  distinguished  London  publisher.  Probus 
("  good  ")  and  Pietas  ("  piety  ")  were  Roman  names. 
Mrs.  Trollope  is  a  writer  of  celebrity.     Miss  Jenny 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  59 

Trollope  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies." 
Our  Mr.  Goodrich  has  a  name  most  happily  com- 
pounded ;  and  Aylwin  means  "  beloved  of  all."  The 
treatise  on  German  names  by  Wiarda  gives  to  Al- 
win  the  meaning  of  "  victorious."  Mr.  Wellbeloved 
was  an  English  writer  in  1809.  Thirteen  popes  have 
taken  the  name  of  Innocent. 

Both  Goodman  and  Goodchild  are  found  at 
Oshawa,  C.W.  ;  Messrs.  Goodbody,  Goodfellow,  and 
Goodheart,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Mr.  Purely  lives 
at  Cobourg,  C.W.  ;  and  Mr.  Felon,  at  Montreal. 
Mr.  Proper  lives  at  Henningford,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Mod- 
hull,  at  Kilworth,  C.W.  Both  Mr.  Perfect  and 
Mr.  Phalen  live  at  Yorkville,  C.W. ;  Messrs.  Sans- 
regret  and  Sanschagrin,  at  Quebec;  and  Mr. 
Malenfant  ("  bad  boy "),  at  St.  Arsene,  C.E.  Mr. 
Sinfoot  lives  at  Stanley's  Mills,  C.W. ;  and  I  find 
at  Goderich,  C.W.,  Mr.  Sinfield.  It  would  almost 
seem,  so  intimate  is  the  connection  between  crime  and 
intemperance,  that  Gingrass  (a  very  common  name 
in  Canada)  must  be  an  offshoot  from  this  last 
family. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  the  classic  name  of  Candi- 
dus  ;  also  Perfect,  Rightly,  and  Shamely  ;  and 
twenty-one  families  of  Scattergood. 

Synge's  works  were  printed  by  Thomas  Trye 
in  the  year  1740.  Mr.  Manage  lives  at  New 
Bedford.  Our  Messrs.  Cleverly,  Clear,  Smart, 
Wise,  Wiseman,  Wisdom,  Witt,  Whitty,  Witman 


60  names  from  mental  qualities. 

(1680),  Tallant,  Keener,  Force,  Sage,  Knower 
(1632),  and  Doer  form  a  group  that  is  balanced  by 
Mr.  Greenman  (L.  608),  and  Messrs.  Cilley,  Silley, 
Sileman,  Simple,  Bubey,  Dulley,  Strange,  Quier, 
Oddy,  Droll,  Fudger,  Prigge,  Gammon,  Shallow, 
Gull  (1673),  Fallow,  Flatman  (1645),  Skimmer, 
Doolittle,  Dowlettell,  Smallpiece  (1718),  All- 
wood,  Smallwood,  Wooden,  and  Woodhead.  Mr. 
Brickhed  appears  as  an  early  colonist;  as  does  also 
Mr.  Boreman  (1657).  Mr.  Dowdell  is  a  member  of 
Congress  (1857).  In  the  Directory  of  1835  are  the 
names  of  Dolt,  Lumex,  Mean.  Mr.  Flatly  arrived 
here  from  Liverpool,  November,  1857.  Mr.  J.  Flatt, 
of  Benicia,  Cal.,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr. 
Doldt  was  married  in  Boston,  August,  1857;  and 
Mr.  Smallcorn  made  a  deed  (L.  492,  f.  48).  Mr. 
Dummkopf  (German  for  "  blockhead  "),  of  Williams- 
burg, N.Y.,  hid  his  money  in  his  chimney  (October, 
1857),  and  lost  it.  Mr.  Wiser  lives  at  Auburn; 
also  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Able  lives  at  Memphis, 
Tenn. ;  and  another  Mr.  Wooden,  at  Salisbury,  Conn. 
Messrs.  True,  Trueman,  Truman,  Trueworthy, 
Standfast,  Allman,  Holman,  Manley,  Ernest, 
Frank,  Dare  (1674),  Bold,  and  Kuhn  (i.e.  "bold") 
are  matched  by  Messrs.  Guily,  Guil,  Guile  (1642), 
Wiley,  Wily  (1640),  Masker  (1671),  Sharp,  Sly, 
Slyman,  Foxcraft  (1683),  Kraft*  Gummer,  Cra- 
ven, Leys,  Roulstone,  Crumbley,  Dowdell,  Funk, 

*  Kraft  is  German  for  "  strength." 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  61 

and  Funke.  Funk,  who  died  in  1814,  was  author  of 
several  popular  German  school-books.  There  is  also 
a  Professor  Funke  at  Leipsic. 

Belyed  is  a  common  name  at  Bronte,  C.W.  Mr. 
Hardgraft  lives  at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  also  Mr.  Stickle. 
Mr.  Nudle  resides  at  Dunbar,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Dulmage, 
at  Amherst  Island,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lighthead,  at  Acton, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Flater,  at  Blenheim,  C.W. ;  both  Mr. 
Simple  and  Mr.  Smart,  at  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Long- 
head, at  Hawkerville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Flatt,  at  Hamilton, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Lockhead,  at  Jarvis,  C.W.  Rev.  Mr. 
Greener  is  settled  at  Kemptville,  C.W.  There  is  a 
Capt.  Shallow  at  St.  Gregoire,  C.E.  Mr.  Greeny 
lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Lazier  is  a  common  name  in 
Canada,  at  Lonsdale,  C.W.,  &c.  A  Mr.  Wile  lives  at 
Port  Elgin,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Fickel,  at  Richmond,  C.W.  ; 
and  Mr.  Milsop  (i.  e.,  "  milksop "),  at  Woodbourne, 
C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Witcraft  and  With- 
craft,  Able,  Skill,  Skillman,  Clever  ;  and,  on  the 
other  hand,  fourteen  families  of  Dull,  four  of 
Dullard,  and  one  of  Dulley  ;  also  Flatley,  Flum, 
Quear,  Triter,  Simple,  Simpler,  Lippman,  Lipman, 
four  families  of  Twaddell,  two  of  Twaddle,  three  of 
Funck,  seventeen  of  Funk,  and  one  of  Pfonk. 

In  the  New- York  Directory  are  found  Mr.  Clear- 
man  and  Mr.  Droll,  Mr.  Cherly  and  Mr.  Civill, 
Mr.  Danderman  and  Mr.  Cordial,  Mr.  Deplore  and 
Messrs.  Calm  and  Content,  Mr.  Constant  and  Mr. 


62  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

Desire,  Messrs.  Craze,  Queqe,  Daft,  and  Donke 
(probably  a  word  of  two  syllables),  Mr.  Happy  and 
Messrs.  Fash  and  Karker,  Messrs.  Ledman  and  Islip 
and  Messrs.  Guide  and  Guider,  Mr.  Likely  and  Mr. 
Racey,  Mr.  Trier  and  Mr.  Trew.  Three  families  of 
Wisdom,  twenty-one  of  Wise,  and  one  Wisehead,  are 
also  found  there;  also  Witcraft  and  Whitcraft, 
Witts,  Weiser,  Weisheit  ("  wisdom "),  Weiskopf 
("  white  head  "),  Weisman,  Weismann,  and  Mr.  Wun- 
der.  Professor  Silliman,  of  Yale  College,  stands 
high  among  our  men  of  science.  This  name  is  per- 
haps a  corruption  of  Seligman  (from  selig,  German 
for  "  blessed  ").  Eight  families  of  this  last  name  are 
found  in  New  York ;  and  in  Philadelphia  I  find  both 
Silliman  and  Sillyman,  and  two  families  of  Sense- 
man.  Miss  Knower  made  a  deed  (L.  206,  f.  10). 
Green's  "  Extracts  "  was  printed  by  J.  Raw,  in  Eng- 
land, 1810.  One  Strangeways  was  connected  with 
Perkin  Warbeck.  L'Estrange  was  a  voluminous 
writer.  We  have  Wunderlich  (the  German  for 
"  strange ").  In  Philadelphia  are  eight  families  of 
Wunderly,  and  eighteen  families  of  Wunder. 

The  word  "  spooney  "  is  a  slang  phrase  for  simple- 
ton :  we  have  Sponier.  Ideler  was  a  distinguished 
German  scholar,  born  1766.  Le  Sage  was  the  immor- 
tal author  of  "  Gil  Bias."  England  has  its  Cardinal 
Wiseman.  Mr.  Dowdy  became  a  freeman  in  1645. 
Mr.  Bohrer  was  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Brutus  (the 
distinguished  Roman)  means  "  dull,"  "  stupid."     New 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  63 

York  has  its  families  of  Bette,  Bettie,  Betty,  and 
Betyeman,  Muddle,  Noodle,  and  Rily,  Proudfit 
and  Proudfoot.  Hon.  Joseph  Henry  Lumpkin, 
LL.D.,  is  Chief  Justice  of  Georgia.  Robert  Fibbin 
arrived  in  this  country  in  1634.  Alice,  wife  of  John 
Cheater,  of  Newbury,  cheated  her  husband,  and  was 
whipped  (1654);  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cheater  were 
passengers  in  a  Cunard  steamer,  September,  1857. 
Col.  Faithful  was  wounded  before  Delhi  in  1857. 

Mr.  Pert  lives  in  Sedgwick,  Me. ;  and  another  Mr. 
Pert  is  a  lawyer  in  New  York.  A  Mr.  Peart  lived 
at  Salem,  as  did  also  Mr.  Meek.  Both  Mr.  Meek 
and  Mr.  Moses  are  in  the  Directory  of  1835.  Mr. 
Meekey  lives  in  New  York  ;  and  Mr.  Job  Moses  was 
witness  in  a  case,  in  Western  New  York,  in  1857. 
Rev.  Mr.  Meeker  lives  at  Burlington,  Vt.  ;  Mr. 
Crouch,  at  Swansey,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Sceery,  at  Spring- 
field, Mass.  Mr.  Fears  lives  at  Gloucester,  Mass. ; 
and  Mr.  Dare,  in  New  York.  Members  of  the 
Craven  family  have  been  among  England's  most  gal- 
lant sons.  Mr.  Bold,  wife,  and  two  children,  were 
passengers  in  a  late  Cunard  steamer.  Bold  is  also  a 
grantor  in  one  of  our  early  deeds,  but  signs  "  Bowles." 
Mr.  Bolde  was  an  English  author  in  1696,  as  was 
also  Mr.  Care.  Col.  Careless  was  the  most  gallant 
Cavalier  at  the  battle  of  Worcester.  We  have 
both  Pride  and  Procd  in  our  Directory.  Miss 
Proudfoot,  of  Montreal,  was  a  belle  at  our  watering- 
places  in  1857  ;  and  that  name  is  found  in  Massachu- 


64  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

setts.  Mr.  Proudman  lives  in  Peoria,  111.  Topping 
and  Co.  failed  at  Toronto,  October,  1857.  Miss  Anna 
Bulley  died  in  1824.  At  St.  Saviour's  Church,  Lon- 
don, is  a  monument  to  Richard  Humble,  alderman, 
born  1552.  Thomas  Bragg  is  Governor  of  North 
Carolina  (1856). 

Zeal  is  a  name  still  found  in  England.  We  have 
Wunsch,  the  German  for  "  wish,"  Mr.  Wishman  lives 
in  Philadelphia.  Families  of  Earnest,  Agen,  and 
Agin,  are  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Langtry  lives  at 
Creemore  Mills,  C.W.  Mr.  Ingo,  of  Toronto,  —  a  name 
equivalent  to  "  push,"  —  is,  perhaps,  a  Yankee  emi- 
grant. Mr.  Proudlock,  of  Canada,  took  out  a  patent 
in  1844.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  five  families  of 
Frowert,  three  of  Proud,  and  one  of  Dare.  Mr. 
Nack  lives  in  New  York.  Capt.  Joseph  Skyll  was 
dismissed  in  1676  ;  and  it  was  ordered  that  "  some 
other  meet  person  be  appointed  in  his  room." 

Mr.  Sapp  is  a  member  of  Congress ;  and  that 
~~u  name  is  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Gump's  store, 
at  Appalachicola,  was  lately  inundated;  and  other 
Gumps  are  found  in  New  York  and  Philadel- 
phia. An  English  hostler,  named  Dupe,  was  the 
victim  of  an  accident,  in  1857,  occasioned  by  a  rat. 
We  have  Cull,  an  obsolete  word,  meaning  "  dupe." 
Mr.  Flat  lives  at  New  Haven  ;  and  Mr.  Flatly,  in 
New  York.  Barrat  and  Pratt  both  mean  "  cun- 
ning." England  has  families  of  Lye,  Lyer,  Ulier, 
and  Slye.     Rev.  Mr.  Lye  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  65 

subscribers.  A  former  President  of  the  Academy  at 
Antwerp  was  Mr.  Wappers.  Mr.  Lips  ay  lives  in 
New  York.  Lye's  "  Method  of  Instructing "  was 
published  in  1662;  and  the  late  New-Haven  mur- 
derer was  named  Sly.  That  name  is  also  found 
in  New  York.  Messrs.  Sligo  and  Slyoff  both 
live  in  Philadelphia,  as  do  Messrs.  Shirkey  and 
Shurkey.  Mr.  Sherk  lives  at  Stevensville,  C.W. 
A  Mr.  Shirkey  also  lives  at  Winchester,  C.W. 
Michael  S.  Shirk,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  was  lately  a 
candidate  for  the  office  of  presidential  elector  on 
the  Union  ticket.  Mr.  Snigg,.  Mr.  Sniggler,  Mr. 
Patter,  Mr.  Sherk,  Mr.  Sherker,  and  Mr.  Shuffler, 
all  live  in  New  York ;  as  do  also  Messrs.  Wolper, 
Wolpper,  and  Wolpers.  Mrs.  Turning  sailed  from 
that  city  in  the  month  of  December,  1857.  Mr. 
Cool  lives  in  Sudbury,  Vt. ;  also  at  Montreal ;  and 
Mr.  Weatherhead,  at  Brattleborough,  Vt.  Our  Mr. 
Weatherhead  made  a  deed  (L.  65,  f.  108).  Mr. 
Stringfellow  is  most  unfavorably  known  in  connec- 
tion with  the  late  Kansas  outrages. 

Fourteen  families  of  Begin  live  in  Pictou,  C.W. 
Six  families  of  Forget  live  in  Montreal ;  and  it  is  a 
common  name  elsewhere  in  Canada.  Three  families 
of  Memory  live  at  Toronto,  C.W. 

Messrs.  Gay,  Gayman,  Merry,  Merryman,  Hart- 
well,  Courteous  (1653),  Grigg,  Bly,  Blithe, 
Jolley,  Gallant,  Gaylord,  Bright,  Brightman, 
Hearty,    Lively,    Lovejoy,    Gladden,    Gladding, 


66  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

Willing  (L.  238),  Smiley,  Bland,  Kind,  Clement, 
Germain,  Sweet,  Sweetlin,  Sweetman,  Sweetsir, 
Shugarman,  Flattery,  Honey,  Hunniman,  Honey- 
bun,  Easeman,  Pardon  (1645),  Mercy,  Pittee, 
Pitty,  and  Pittey  stand  opposed  to  Messrs.  Grave, 
Blunt,  Crabbie,  Cross,  Crosby  ("  cross  boy1?")  Cross- 
man,  Cholar,  Spleen,  Backup,  Snapp,  Furey,  Mader 
(1643),  Pride,  Grim,  Grimm,  Grout  (1651),  Savage, 
Moody,  Daunt,  Hector,  Fuess,  Grieves,  Rue, 
Wail,  Moan,  Freake  (1667),  Freeke,  Frizzle,  Friz- 
zell,  Tease,  Row  (1670),  Bickers,  Blamey,  Croak, 
and  Quirk.  Mr.  Honeywood  is  a  graduate  of  Yale, 
as  are  also  many  named  Merriman,  and  a  Mr.  Cantey. 
Mr.  Bienvenu  ("  welcome  ")  is  an  officer  of  the  mint 
at  New  Orleans.  John  Mercy,  despairing  of  mercy, 
attempted  suicide  in  the  jail  at  Worcester,  October, 
1857. 

Fuss's  *  "  Roman  Antiquities "  was  published  at 
Oxford,  1840.  Grinfield's  "  New  Greek  Testament " 
was  printed  in  1843.  Miss  Agnes  P.  Scowler,  late 
of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  was  married  at  San  Francisco, 
June  9,  1857.  William  Sadd,  one  .  of  Walker's 
"  fillibusters,"  in  becoming  a  sadder,  has,  it  is  to  be 
hoped,  become  also  a  wiser  man.  Samuel  Smiles  has 
just  published  (1857)  an  admirable  life  of  George 
Stephenson,  —  a  work  of  serious  interest.  William 
Pester  troubled  our  forefathers  in  1638;  and  two 
families  of  Pester  live  in  Philadelphia.     Mr.  Phese 

*  Fuss  is  the  German  for  "  foot." 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  67 

was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1643.  N.  P.  Trist  was 
one  of  our  public  men  during  the  war  with  Mexico. 
Mr.  Eobert  Dudgeon  gratified  the  New-York  public 
and  himself  by  exhibiting  a  new  street-locomotive  in 
Broadway,  in  September,  1857.  Several  of  that  name 
are  found  in  the  New- York  Directory.  Ireton  was  a 
warrior  and  statesman  in  the  time  of  the  English 
Commonwealth.  Nerli  was  a  distinguished  Floren- 
tine historian.  Mr.  Grout  was  a  midshipman  in 
1849.  Thomas  P.  Gentle  was  party  to  a  deed  in 
Essex  County.  Gall  and  Aloe  are  both  found 
in  New  York ;  as  are  also  Messrs.  Anger,  An  German, 
Biteman,  Bitter,  Grim,  Grimmer,  Indig,  Fury, 
Sour,  Sulkie,  Tease,  Wixon  ("vixen]"),  Parter, 
Tear,  Teary,  Sadd,  Grieve,  Moan,  and  Mone  ;  as 
well  as  Messrs.  Benigne,  Jester,  Gayer,  Glad, 
Gladding,  Griner,  Flatter,  Honey,  Honeywell, 
Willing,  Sweeten,  Smiler,  Smiles,  Smylie.  I 
find  there  also  no  less  than  thirteen  families  of 
Quirk. 

Mr.  Gl adman  lives  at  Lindsay,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Mealey, 
at  Oxford  Mills,  C.W. ;  Messrs.  Honeycomb  and 
Honeyman,  and  Mr.  Pardon,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Comfort,  at  Kilworth  and  at  St.  Ann's,  C.W. 
Mr.  Gentle  and  Mr.  Grimman  both  live  at  Kingston, 
C.W.  Rancour  is  a  common  name  at  Quebec ;  where" 
lives  also  Rev.  Mr.  Plees.  Mr.  Angers  lives  at  Point 
Levi,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Anger,  at  Houghton  Centre,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Tart,  at  Boxton  Falls,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Stamp  and  Mr. 


68  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

Frizell,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Balkwill,  at  Exeter, 
C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Wileman,  at  Smithfield,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Wroth  and  Civil, 
Griner  and  Growlers,  two  families  of  Furey,  seven 
of  Fury,  two  of  Grieves,  Mr.  Graver,  Mr.  Wagless, 
Mr.  Tear,  Mr.  Mohn;  also  Mr.  Lively  and  Mr. 
Mannywitch,  Mr.  Marter,  Mr.  Saurman,  ("  sour 
man "),  Mr.  Speight,  Messrs.  Sting,  Stingal,  and 
Stinger,  and  Messrs.  Teas,  Teasing,  Teese,  and 
Tees.  Mr.  Waggaman  was  a  West-Point  gra- 
duate. 

Mr.  Serley  lives  at  Bethel,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Dares,  at 
Compton,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Lowrey,  at  Gorham,  Me.  ;  Mr. 
Grumman,  at  Norwalk,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Gruntal,  at 
Portland,  Me.;  Mr.  Croscup,  at  Beverly;  Mr.  Moen, 
at  Worcester;  and  Mr.  Gayer,  at  Ellington,  Conn. 
Grumble's  Ferry  is  found  on  the  Colorado  River, 
Texas.  Messrs.  Ould  and  Cross  are  the  Commis- 
sioners to  codify  the  laws  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Mr.  Lowry  was  a  lieutenant  in  our  navy  in  1849. 
Perhaps  the  name  of  Winegar  (see  chap,  xxx.) 
belongs  here.  A  Mr.  Wails  is  party  to  a  deed  in 
L.  109.  We  have  Glum;  and  also  Clum,  perhaps  a 
corruption  of  Glum.  Mr.  Fulsom*  lives  at  Abing- 
ton ;  a  Mr.  Softley,  at  Hamilton,  C.W.,  and  another 
at  Toronto.     The  estates  of  James  Softly  and  Thomas 


*  Fulsom,  or  Folsom,  is  said  to  be  a  corruption  of  Foulsham,  or  Foulshame  ; 
and  the  family  claim  to  be  descended  from  John  Foulsham,  who  emigrated  from 
a  place  of  that  name  in  England. 


NAMES  FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  69 

Easy  were  recently  administered  npon  in  Suffolk 
County  ;  and  one  is  still  living,  —  Easy,  —  at  least 
in  name,  at  Robbinston,  Me.  Mr.  Hard  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature,  from  Lowell.  In  the  New-York 
Directory  are  eight  families  named  Hard  ;  also  the 
names  of  Harder,  Harden,  and  Hardman.  Messrs. 
Hardman  and  Wailer  are  subscribers  to  the  Mack- 
lin  Bible,  as  is  also  Mrs.  Smart.  In  England  are 
found  the  names  of  Fussey,  Anguish,  Sad,  Moper, 
and  Prigg.  In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  monument 
to  Sir  John  Puckering.  Capt.  Stoney's  "  Tasmania  " 
was  published  in  London.  Mr.  Grieve  was  one  of 
the  chief  losers  by  the  fire  at  Covent-Garden  Theatre. 
Rev.  Mr.  Lambe,  Mrs.  Bland,  and  Mrs.  Gale,  are 
three  consecutive  names  in  Miss  Jones's  subscription- 
list.  Mr.  Rubb  was  lost  in  the  "  Central  America " 
(1857).  I  have  several  volumes  from  the  library  of  a 
Thomas  Jolley,  Esq.  In  New  York  are  families  of 
Jolley,  Jollie,  and  Jolly.-  In  our  Directory  is  the 
name  of  Teear.  A  Mr.  Teare  published  a  treatise 
on  the  use  and  abuse  of  tobacco.  Mr.  Tear  lives  at 
Woburn.  An  edition  of  Gray's  "Elegy,"  published 
in  1854,  in  New  York,  has  illustrations  engraved  by 
J.  W.  Whymper.  Mr.  Cark  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W. ; 
and  Mr.  Anguish,  at  Balmoral,  C.W.  Mr.  Sye  has 
been  mentioned  among  Canadian  names  of  three  let- 
ters. Mr.  Sader  and  Mr.  Sobbe  live  in  Philadelphia. 
Among  the  English  painters  of  note  is  Mr.  Smirke  ; 
and  Mr.  Tickell  was  an  author  of  repute  in  his  day. 


70  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

We  have  also  Canney,  Canny,  Canty,  Gayetty. 
Rev.  Mr.  Rue  is  settled  in  Lee.  Mr.  Adam  Cant,  of 
Canada,  took  out  a  patent,  in  1857,  for  a  movable 
scaffold.  There  is,  perhaps,  too  much  of  cant,  in 
modern  times  as  to  dispensing  with  the  scaffold  alto- 
gether.    Mr.  Cantwell  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard. 

Messrs.  Hidden,  Trodden,  Crouch  (L.  118,  f.  32), 
Wilt,  Worn,  Meek,  Coy,  and  Mumm  have  opponents 
in  Messrs.  Will,  Bragg,  Proudman,  Rantem,  Peeler, 
Shine,  Shines,  and  Dashe.  Mr.  Dash,  of  New 
York,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Blush  was 
a  United-States  bankrupt.  Messrs.  Meech,  Meeker, 
and  Hide  are  Yale  graduates  ;  and  we  have  Demuth 
(the  German  for  "humility"). 

Mr.  Tame  lives  at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  and  Yielding 
is  a  common  name  in  Canada,  as  at  Toronto,  &c.  Mr. 
Humbly  lives  at  Brandford,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Patient,  at 
Montreal ;  Mr.  Lordly,  at  Gait,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Dash, 
at  Lampton,  C.W.  Proudfoot  is  often  met  with  in 
Canada,  as  at  Hamilton,  C.W.,  &c.  Mr;  Huddel 
lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Stickle,  at  Stirling,  C.W. 
We  have  the  name  of  Cowing.  Mr.  Shier  lives  at 
Whitby,  C.W.  At  Philadelphia  are  families  of 
Brager,  Daffy,  and  Crall. 

In  England  are  families  of  Daffy,  Faint,  Giddy, 
Fears,  Meeching,  and  Smitten.  Lieut.  W.  H.  Shover 
served  in  the  Mexican  war.  Mr.  Thruston  was  a 
West-Point  graduate.  Mr.  H.  B.  Pushing,  of  Ply- 
mouth, Ind.,  was  burnt  out  in  March,  1857.      Mr. 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  71 

Pushee  lives  in  Boston.  Serville's  "Tracts"  were 
published  at  Paris  in  1839.  Mr.  Hartsinck  sub- 
scribed for  Chauchard's  maps.  Mr.  Trembley  was  a 
distinguished  naturalist  of  the  last  century.  Mr. 
Tremble,  Mr.  Trimble,  and  Mr.  Awe,  live  in  New 
York. 

Strutt  published  a  Dictionary  of  Engravers.  Mr. 
Edward  Strutt,  of  England,  has  recently  been 
elevated  to  the  peerage.  Major-General  Strutt 
was  one  of  Chauchard's  subscribers.  Thomas  Pa- 
tience exhausted  the  patience  of  our  forefathers  in 
1641.  Mr.  Pinor  became  a  freeman  of  Northfield, 
1682.  In  L.  210  is  a  deed  of  William  Mock.  Messrs. 
Ready,  Readdy,  and  Constant  are  fully  offset  by 
Messrs.  Hender,  Hinder,  Slack,  Dodge,  and  Lar- 
kin.  Mr.  Goodwill  is  more  than  a  match  for  Messrs. 
Bicker,  Haight,  Hayt,  Hayter,  Huff,  Blamey, 
Leaver,  and  Severance.  Mr.  Leave,  Mr.  Lurch, 
and  Mr.  Ha  it,  live  in  New  York.  In  England  we 
find  Huffy.  Messrs.  Eager,  Unruh  (i.  e.,  "  restless  "), 
Wakeman,  Hasty,  Brisk,  Spry,  Wild,  and  Wilder 
have  rivals  in  Messrs.  Heed,  Loheed,  Still,  Stille, 
Stillman.  P.  Stiller,  Esq.,  is  one  of  Chauchard's 
subscribers.  Mr.  Stillings  lives  in  New  York.  In 
Suffolk  L.  680,  f.  25,  is  a  deed  of  Eliza  Haste. 
Messrs.  Mouseall  or  Mousall  (1651),  Moser,  Worm- 
all,  Wormwell,  Pieper,  Pepys  (pronounced  Peeps)* 

*  Pepys's  "  Diary  "  gives  us  some  most  amusing  peeps  into  the  private  life  of 
England  in  the  time  of  Charles  II.  and  James  II. 


72  names  from  mental  qualities. 

Looker  (1645),  Harker,  Harken,  Harkin,  Query, 
Askey,  McQuestion,  and  Ferriter  can  find  out  what- 
ever they  wish  from  Messrs.  Sayer,  Proser  or  Pros- 
ser,  Speakman,  Speaks  (Speak  died  in  1804),  Orall, 
Chater,  Chatwell  (1673),  Chatman,  Chatton, 
Claker,  Telling,  Converse,  Tattler,  and  Gossip. 
Mr.  Clack  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1847.  A  pupil 
at  Groton  Academy  was  named  Tello.  As  long  ak 
the  world  shall  last,  the  tale  of  William  Tell  will 
be  told.  William  Gossip,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chau- 
chard's  maps.  Our  Mr.  Peter  Pieper  died  in  1856. 
Dr.  Tattle  is  a  physician  of  Manchester,  Vt.  Mr. 
Gabb  lives  at  Bloomfield,  Conn.  ;  Mr.  Mumbler, 
at  Stoughton,  Mass.  Mr.  Mumler  is  found  in  our 
Directory.  Mr.  Silence  lives  at  Dubuque,  Iowa. 
Say  has  written  a  text-book  on  political  economy ;  and 
Samuel  Say's  "  Poems  and  Essays "  appears  on  the 
Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  Who  was  ever  more 
sparing  of  his  words  than  the  great  historian  Tacitus  ] 
(Latin  for  "  silent ").  Our  Mr.  Hearsay  made  a  deed 
(L.  60,  f.  82).  Mr.  Dum  lives  in  New  York;  as 
do  also  Messrs.  Gab  and  Chattin.  I  also  find,  in 
the  Directory  of  that  city,  Mr.  Tell,  Mr.  Teller, 
Mr.  Wisegaber,  Mr.  Peek,  and  Mr.  Noser  ! 
Messrs.  Hider,  Leaker,  and  Secret  live  at  Lon- 
don, C.W.  Mumby  is  found  at  Port  Robinson, 
C.W.,  and  at  Wilsonsburg,  C.W.  Three  families  of 
Gabler  live  at  Montreal ;  and  Col.  Muter,  at  Toronto. 
A  Mr.  Peer  lives  at  Hamilton,  C.W.,  and  another  at 


NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES.  73 

Philadelphia  ;  Mr.  Utter,  at  Stewarttown,  C.W.  At 
Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Askings,  Axt,  Bable, 
Babler,  Teller,  Chatten,  Chattin,  and  Gabb  ;  also 
three  families  of  Dialogue,  and  Messrs.  Shut  and 
Shutever  ;  also  Messrs.  Peek  and  Peeker,  and  Mr. 
Hyder. 

Hawkins  Street  was  formerly  Tattle  Street  Say  is 
a  well-known  English  writer.  Mr.  Clear  has  his 
opposite  in  Messrs.  Reilly  and  Riley.  Dr.  Doubt 
was  a  prompt,  skilful  physician.  The  English  fami- 
lies of  Bad,  Evil,  Base,  Vice,  Badman,  Scamp, 
Blackmonster,  Swell,  Reckless,  Careless,  Idle, 
Trigg,  and  Tidy,  I  do  not  find  among  us;  nor  the 
names  of  Earwhisper,  Reason,  Conscience,  Faith, 
Piety,  Pluck,  and  Prudence.  Mr.  Coward,  how- 
ever, recently  resorted  to  the  law  in  Suffolk  County  ; 
and  Hon.  David  Outlaw,  as  a  member  of  Congress 
in  1850,  was  a  warm  supporter  of  the  compromise 
measures.  Mr.  Loskamp  and  Mr.  Lye  both  reside  in 
New  York ;  as  do  also  Mr.  Base,  Mr.  Fibs,  Mr.  Idler, 
Mr.  Flash,  Mr.  Flashman,  Mr.  Folly,  Mr.  Larkey, 
Mr.  Maudling,  five  families  of  Twaddle  and  Twad- 
dell,  Mr.  Sinn,  Mr.  Vice,  Mr.  Steal,  and  Mr.  Robers, 
&c.  :  but,  on  the  other  hand,  I  find,  in  the  same  com- 
pany, Mr.  Reason,  Mr.  Virtue,  Mr.  Vertue,  Mr. 
Pluck,  Mr.  Trust,  Mr.  Weight,  Mr.  Value,  &c. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  thirteen  families  of  Coward, 

two  of  Vice,  Mr.  Veiller,  Messrs.  Sinn  and  Sinley, 

Messrs.   Idell,  Idle,    and   Idler,   three   families    of 

10 


74  NAMES    FROM    MENTAL    QUALITIES. 

Rapine,  four  of  Reaver,  three  of  Stealin,  Mr.  Stohl, 
Mr.  Fibe  ("  fib  "),  Mr.  Liup,  and  three  families  of  Lye, 
Mr.  Cully,  &c.  ;  and,  on  the  other  hand,  I  find  fami- 
lies of  Faith,  Pluck,  and  Value,  six  families  of 
Super,  six  of  Trusty,  and  five  of  Virtue. 

In  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855  are  families  of 
Peckover,  Peek,  and  Watchem  ;  of  Kink,  Workey, 
and  Fix  ;  of  Quell,  Humble,  and  Doll  ;  of  Bitterman, 
Prickle,  and  Kick;  of  Err,  Wander,  and  Banish; 
of  Paragon  and  Worst.  In  Peoria,  111.,  there  are 
families  of  Shun  and  Sunken. 


75 


CHAPTER    IX. 

NAMES  FROM  BODILY  PECULIARITIES. 

Bodily  peculiarities  are  shown  in  various  names. 
Speed  is  a  well-known  English  writer.  One -Spry 
wrote  in  1650;  and  another  in  1817.  Mr.  Capers* 
lives  at  Levant,  Me.  ;  and  another,  a  classmate,  in 
Charleston,  S.C.  Dr.  Lightfoot  was  an  English 
divine  and  author  in  1684.  Our  Messrs.  Ahlert, 
Brisk,  Start  (1677),  Gallop,  Galloupe,  Sloper, 
Scudder,  Trott,  Trotter,  Travell  (1640),  Shinner, 
Shinners,  Trippet  (L.  14,  f.  228),  Lightfoot,  Speed, 
Stalker  (L.  32),  Goodspeed,  Rush,  Swift,  Fleet, 
Kace,  Rann,  Haste,  Hasten,  Hasty,  Stride, 
Strachm,  Stretch,  Treadwell,  Jumper,  Springer, 
Scipp,  Skipper  (1650),  Walke  (1683),  Walkup, 
Walker,  Hardon,  Leggett,  Eargo,  and  Leader 
distance  Messrs.  Ambler,  Tripp,  Trip,  Trail,  Hitch, 
Hitchings,  Hitchens,  Hitchcus,  Hoppin,  Hopping, 
Budge,  Limpin,  Laming,  Wating  (1684),  Pace,  Pil- 
grim, Wander,  Lazier,  Slocumb,  Slocum,  Sloman, 
Cumber  (L.  101),  Laggon,  Waitt,  Haulbach,  Back- 
man,  and  IlYNDMAN.f 


*  One  of  that  name  ingeniously  avoids  all  comments  while  travelling,  by  havi 
his  trunks  marked  K.  P.  R.  S. 

t  This  name  probably  indicates  one  who  had  the  care  of  hinds. 


76  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

Mr.  Pass  lives  at  Barrie,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Shovon,  at 
Cumber,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Brisker,  at  Port  Elgin,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Lightfoot,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Two  families  of 
Flight,  also  Messrs.  Poston,  Spry,  and  Speedy,  are 
found  at  Toronto.  Mr.  Neer  lives  at  Stanbridge, 
C.E. ;  Mr.  Overhalt,  at  Carlisle,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Reste, 
at  Montreal ;  and  both  Rest  and  Restin,  at  Philadel- 
phia. At  Quebec  I  find  Mr.  Fagg,  and  also  eleven 
families  of  Tardy.  Mr.  Dalley  lives  at  Harriston, 
C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Poke,  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Summer- 
sett,  of  Barrie,  C.W.,  has  not  adopted  an  improved 
mode  of  spelling. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  also  families  of  Lightfoot, 

LlGHTFEET,      RUNNER,       STREAKER,       StEPP,       TrAMP, 

Geton,  Godown,  Nigh;  also  Messrs.  Slow,  Slowe, 
Sloman,  Stanback,  Stayman,  Islip,  Tagg,  and  Stopp. 
One  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  present  West- 
Point  cadets  (1857)  is  named  Tardy. 

Mr.  Hopper  was  a  well-known  American  philan- 
thropist. One  of  the  present  judges  of  Maryland 
(1857)  bears  that  name.  Mr.  Budge  lives  at  Lee, 
Me. ;  Mr.  Stubbs,  at  Wellfleet ;  Mr.  Shove,  at  "Ox- 
bridge ;  Mr.  Toward,  at  Augusta,  Me.  ;  and  Mr. 
Presson,  at  Lynn.  Frederick  Jump,  of  Ashland, 
N.Y.,  failed  in  July,  1857.  Dr.  DeCamp  was  a  gra- 
duate of  Yale.  In  the  New- York  Directory  I  find 
nineteen  families  of  Quick  ;  also  Mr.  Rusher,  Mr. 
Racer,  Mr.  Start,  Mr.  Starter,  Mr.  Leap,  Mr. 
Leaper,   Mr.    Stivers,   Mr.    Springman,  Mr.   Spry, 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  77 

Mr.  Stalker,  Mr.  Stamper,  Mr.  Wran,  Mr.  Went, 
Mr.  Passmore,  Mr.  Hopp,  Mr.  Hopps,  Mr.  Jerker,  Mr. 
Stramm,   Mr.  Walk,   Mr.  Walke,   Mr.   Welstood, 
Mr.  Ambleman,  Mr.  Stan  back,  Mr.  Slow,  Mr.  Slowey, 
Mr.  Hobbler,  Mr.  Klump,  Mr.  Fagg,  Mr.  Tag,  Mr. 
Dally,  Mr.  Tarry,  Mr.  Rest,  Mr.  Stops.     Mr.  Fugit 
(Latin  for  "  he  flies  "),  the  Kansas  murderer,  though 
acquitted,  has  been  obliged  to  fly  from  the  Territory. 
Boston  has  Snell  (schnell  is  the  German  for  "  swift "). 
Mr.  Rushout  is  a  member  of  the  British  Parliament 
(1857).     John  Scipp,  Esq.,  was  an  active  magistrate 
in  England  in  1735.     John  and  Nutcombe  Quick, 
Esqs.,  subscribed  for  Miss  Jones's  book ;  as  did  also 
Mr.  Spry,  and  no  less  than  five  persons  named  Tra- 
vell,    and    two    named    Trottman.      Mr.   William 
Hurry  lived  in  Liverpool  in  1821.     Nichols's  u  Pro- 
gresses "  mentions  a  Mr.  Stradling  ;  and  there  was  a 
Sir  Edward   Stradling   in   the  time   of  Charles   I. 
Mr.  Stradling   lives  in   Philadelphia.      Mr.   Lurch 
was    lost   in    the    "  Central   America"    (1857).      Mr. 
Rushout  was  a  subscriber  to   the   "  Odyssey."      Sir 
J.  Rushout  lived  a  hundred  years  ago.     Mr.  Rush- 
out  is  a  British  M.P.  (1857) ;  and  that  name  is  found 
in  Roxbury  (1857).     Mr.  Climb  lives  at  Selby,  C.W. 
We  have  Climie.     Mr.  Clymer  is  a  graduate  of  Har- 
vard.    Mr.  Clymer,  of  Philadelphia,  signed  the  Decla- 
ration   of    Independence.      Mr.    Creeper    lives    at 
Hampton,  C.W.     Mr.  Diver  was  a  witness  as  to  a 
late  fire  in  North  Street ;  and  that  name  is  found  in 


78  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

Philadelphia,  as  are  also  Divin  and  Stemmer.  Mrs. 
Slider  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857 ;  and 
Francis  Flyer,  in  our  Colony  Records  (1629).  Mr. 
Flew  lives  in  Philadelphia ;  and  Mr.  Reising  lives 
at  Elmira,  C.W. 

Mr.  Puller  is  a  member  of  Parliament  (1857). 
Rev.  George  Tugwell  published  a  work  on  sea- 
anemones,  in  London,  1857.  Wrigley's  "Mathema- 
tical Collection"  appeared  in  London  in  1845.  Sir 
R.  B.  Crowder  is  one  of  the  judges  of  the  English 
Court  of  Common  Pleas ;  and  in  Illinois  is  a  firm  of 
C.  J.  Crowder  and  Co.  Mr.  Haule  became  a  colonist 
here  in  1638,  as  did  Mr.  Twitchwell  in  1633,  and  Mr. 
Lug  in  1647.  Mr.  Prest  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1643.  In  the  New- York  Directory  I  find  seven 
families  of  Stucke,  Mr.  Pulling  and  Mr.  Pullman  ; 
also  both  Mr.  Tugwell  and  Mr.  Tugnot.  Mr.  Tuggy 
lives  at  Montreal. 

Dr.  Lardner  yielded  to  the  fascinations  of  Mrs. 
Heaviside  ;  but  our  Mr.  Heavy  was  lawfully  mar- 
ried a  short  time  ago.  We  have  Waddle,  Wad- 
leigh,  and  Wadlin,  but  no  representatives  of  the 
English  family  of  Wiggles  :  we  have,  indeed,  Wig- 
glesworth.  In  New  York  I  find  Wigel,  seven 
families  of  Waddell,  and  one  Wrigley  ;  and  in 
Toronto,  C.W.,  I  find  both  Waddle  and  Waddell. 
At  Winonville,  C.W.,  I  find  Mr.  Wigle;  and,  at 
Philadelphia,  Mr.  Wrigler  and  Mr.  Rigler.  Wi- 
gle is   a   common   name   at  Albertville,  C.W.      In 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  79 

England  there  are  also  families  of  Gofirst,  Go- 
lightly,  Goes,  Timeslow,  Sudden,  Slow,  Later, 
Latter,  and  Last  ;  and  the  name  of  Timewell  exists 
among  us.  Mr.  Ferst  and  Mr.  Lastley  both  live  in 
New  York. 

There  are  resident  among  us  families  of  Strong, 
Armstrong,  Hale,  Littlehale,  Harty,  Hardy,  Har- 
dier (1647),  Coarser  (L.  49,  f.  93),  Doubty,  Doughty, 

DoUTY,  BURLEY,  BULKLEY,  LARGE,  GrEW,  BlGG,  MaN- 

sise  (L.  330,  f.  103),  Gross,  Grows,  Gras  (i.e.,  "  fat "), 
Broad,  Broadhead,  Stout,  Blowers,  Blower  (L.  45, 
f.  235),  Puffer,  and  Bulger.  Mr.  Spread  made  a 
deed  in  L.  12,  f.  74.  John  Large's  estate  was  admi- 
nistered upon  in  1852.  Mr.  Ironsydes  appears  in 
the  Colony  Records,  1629.  We  have  Mr.  Pent,  in 
Dukes  County;  and  Mr.  Bustin  lives  at  Watertown. 
Mr.  Bigman  lives  at  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Magnus 
(Latin  for  "large")  is  a  New- York  publisher  (1857). 
Mr.  Grow  is  a  member  of  Congress.  Mr.  Growing 
lived  in  Salem,  as  also  Mrs.  Full.  Mr.  Boney  lives 
in  Manchester,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Bloodgood,  at  Enfield, 
Conn.  Mr.  Skiney  lives  at  Franklin,  Vt. ;  and  there 
was  an  English  author  named  Thicknesse  in  1784. 
Crassus  was  one  of  the  solid  men  of  antiquity  in 
name  and  estate,  if  not  in  person. 

We  have  also  Messrs.  Tallman,  High,  Hightman, 
Hoch  (German  for  "  high "),  Long,  Longfellow, 
Lang,  Langmaid,  Loomer,  and  Aery.  Mr.  Andrew 
Lofty,  of  Dudley,  met  with  a  fatal  fall  in  August, 


80  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

1857.  Mr.  Sturdy  is  a  machinist  at  Augusta,  Me. ; 
and  that  name  occurs  in  New  York.  I  find  a  Mr. 
Talboys  at  Oxford  in  1828  ;  and  Mr.  Littlehead 
lives  at  Newry,  Me.  Mr.  Longbrow  is  a  Massachu- 
setts man.  Mr.  Height  was  a  late  passenger  from 
England.  Bradfute  (*.  £.,  "  broad  foot  ")  is  a  well- 
known  Scotch  name.  Mr.  Honeyfoot  lives  in  New 
York.  Mr.  High  lives  at  Northampton.  Highmore 
was  a  painter  of  the  last  century.  The  Longmans 
are  celebrated  English  publishers.  Mr.  Longman 
lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Professor  Airy  is  an  eminent 
English  mathematician.  Rev.  Dr.  Long,  John 
Short,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Bigg,  and  Mrs.  Airey,  all  subscribed 
for  Miss  Jones's  "  Miscellanies,"  as  did  three  ladies 
named  Panting.  Gaspey's  "  History  of  England  " 
was  published  in  London,  1856.  Mr.  Spradlin,  of 
Virginia,  was  murdered  in  1857.  In  the  New- York 
Directory  I  find  Mr.  Fatt,  three  specimens  of  Fatt- 
man,  Mr.  Grossman,  Mr.  Lumpp,  Mr.  Massman,  Mr. 
Hearty,  Mr.  Jutt,  Mr.  Largy,  Mr.  Weightman, 
Mr.  Bigger,  Mr.  Hyman,  Mr.  Hyer,  Mr.  Loomer,  Mr. 
Longer,  Mr.  Longmore,  and  Mr.  Strongman  ;  also 
Mr.  Lankeman,  Mr.  Lean,  Mr.  Wanmaker,  Mr. 
Wanner,  Mr.  Weekman,  and  Mr.  Wiekman.  Mr. 
Weightman  lives  at  Philadelphia;  also  families  of 
Wider  and  Widener.  Wideman  is  found  at  Altona, 
C.W.,  and  at  Montreal  ;  Ampleman,  at  Quebec  ; 
Largy,  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  Biggar  and  Bigger  are 
common  names  in  Canada,   at  Brantford,  Portville, 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  81 

and  London,  C.W.  Mr.  Height  lives  at  Kingston, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Highman,  *at  Quebec ;  Mr.  Bare,  at 
Edwardsburg,  C.W.  Both  Mr.  Bone  and  Mr.  Bo- 
ney  live  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Tuff  and  Mr.  Har- 
den, at  Quebec ;  Mr.  Tough,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Wanner,  at  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Wanless,  at  Kings- 
ton, C.W.  In  Philadelphia  I  also  find  Mr.  Weak, 
Mr.  Weakley,  Mr.  Langer,  Mr.  Leathern  and  Mr. 
Leatherhead,  and  seven  families  of  Doll. 

Dr.  Ironside  lives  at  Dunville,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Light- 
body,  at  Douglas,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Broadfoot,  at  Chat- 
ham, C.E. ;  Mr.  Steeper,  at  Cedar  Grove,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Upper,  at  Allansburg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Heavyeye,  at 
Montreal.  In  the  Directory  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  for 
1855,  are  families  of  Bulk,  Fattey,  Flesh,  and 
Wilt  ;  and  in  Peoria,  111.,  are  families  of  PiNY  and 
Meals. 

We  have  Messrs.  Petty,  Petit,  Pettee,  Pettibone, 
Small,  Weeman,  Wenige  (wenig  means  "  little "), 
Gaunt,  Litleyman,  Little,  Littell,  Spare  (a  very 
common  name),  Low ;  also  Light,  Bassett  (i.  £., 
"low"),  and  Vaughan  (i.e.,  "little").  One  Small- 
piece  was  a  minor  under  guardianship  in  1798. 
Mr.  Littler  lives  at  Lowell  ;  Mr.  Lesser,  at 
Bridgeport,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Shortman,  at  Woodbridge, 
Conn. ;  Mr.  Razee,  at  Providence.  Mr.  Lowman, 
of  New  York,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr. 
Lower   was    married   in    Boston,    February,    1858  ; 

and  I  find,  in  the  New-York  Directory,  Mr.  Lytlet 

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82  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

Mr.  Slight,  Mr.  Lower,  Mr.  Person ette  ("  a 
little  person'?"),  Mr.  Lessen,  Mr.  Lesser,  and  Mr. 
Lest.  Mr.  Lower  is  the  author  of  a  well-known 
treatise  on  English  Surnames,  and  Mr.  Shorter  is  a 
member  of  Congress.  There  is  also  a  tomb  of  a  Mr. 
Shorter  in  the  Granary  Burying-ground.  Lesser's 
"  Theology  of  Insects "  is  a  work  of  merit.  Miss 
Smaller  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer,  October, 
1857.  One  of  the  first  Boston  firms  is  made  up  of 
the  stature  and  complexion  of  an  old  woman,  — 
"Little  and  Brown." 

Mr.  Smallman,  of  London,  C.W.,  has  a  name  natu- 
rally suggestive  of  mental  endowments  rather  than 
of  bodily  stature.  Mr.  Shortall  lives  at  Quebec. 
Messrs.  Shorten,  Shorter,  and  Shrivel  are  all  found 
in  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  John  Tottie  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscella- 
nies." Tottie's  "Sermons"  were  published  in  1775. 
In  June,  1857,  a  suit  was  decided  in  Ohio  against 
one  Alfred  Stunt.  Sir  Robert  Walpole's  first  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  Sir  John  Shorter.  Rev.  Dr. 
Tauler's  "  Life  and  Sermons "  were  translated  and 
published  in  London  in  1857.  Mr.  Troplong  ("  too 
long")  published  a  work  on  the  "Civil  Law,"  at 
Paris,  in  1847.  Lowman's  "  Hebrew  Ritual "  appears 
on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773,  as  does  also 
Long's  "  Astronomy."  Mr.  Longest  was  defendant 
in  a  case  reported  in  16  Peters,  Rep.  104.  Dr.  Short 
published   a  learned  dissertation    on    tea    in    1730. 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  83 

Petty  is  one  of  the  noble  families  of  England  (Mar- 
quis of  Lansdowne).  George  Wither  was  an  old 
English  poet,  and  Dr.  Withering  was  a  well-known 
English  botanist.  Wither,  Witherup,  and  Wilt 
are  all  of  them  New-York  names.  Dane  cites  the 
case  of  Mr.  Lean.  Our  Thomas  Lean's  estate  was 
administered  upon  in  1853.  Schadow  was  a  distin- 
guished sculptor  of  Berlin.  Mr.  Gauntt  was  one  of 
our  master  commandants  in  1839.  I  had  a  class- 
mate named  Stout. 

We  have  families  of  Goodhue,  Newman,  Fair- 
brother,  Fairchild,  Comly  (L.  477,  f.  259),  Neat, 
Gent,  Jent,  Gentleman,  Smart,  Trim,  Trimm, 
Prigge,  Dandy,  Handy,  Handyside,  Whitesides, 
Grace,  Bonney,  Curl,  Curly,  Curley,  Kerly  (1642), 
Kirley,  Curlyhead  (Prob.  Rec.  106,  f.  486),  Crispy, 
Lippman.  There  is  a  Dr.  Handy,  of  Westport. 
Rev.  William  C.  Dandy  lives  at  Maysville,  Ky.  John 
Liptrap  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Macklin  Bible.  We 
have  also  Shaby,  Foule,  (1676),  Hary,  Redhead, 
Readhead,  Strickenback,  Clutterbuck,  Rynex, 
Boleg,  Allpin,  Stammers,  Lahm,  Lamy,  Bender, 
Bent,  Broadbent,  Stoops,  Bowd,  Crackey,  Crooke, 
Crook,  Crooks,  Crookshanks,  Crooker,  Worn, 
Straight,  Stiff,  Stiffens,  and  Supple.  Mr.  Rocke- 
feller lives  at  Orehill,  Conn. 

The  name  of  Prettyman  is  found  in  Portland,  Me. ; 
and  a  Mr.  Prettyman  is  Clerk  of  the  House  in  Dela- 
ware.    Miss  Pretty  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscel- 


84  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

lanies."  Mr.  Pretty  lives  at  Mount  Hope,  C.W. ; 
and  both  Mr.  Prittie  and  Mr.  Purty,  at  Toronto. 
Both  Pretty  and  Prettyman  are  found  in  Philadel- 
phia. Brunette  is  found  at  Montreal,  and  various 
other  towns  in  Canada.  Mr.  Dark  lives  in  Clinton, 
C.W.  Mr.  Fairman  lives  in  Troy,  N.H. ;  and  Simeon 
Fair  is  Solicitor  of  the  Middle  Circuit  of  South  Caro- 
lina. Messrs.  Decharms  and  Bonbright  are  Yale 
graduates.  'Perhaps  our  Mr.  Arch  should  be  men- 
tioned here,  rather  than  among  architectural  speci- 
mens. In  New  York  I  find  eight  families  of  Starin, 
Mr.  Stamer,  and  Mr.  Wandelip.  Mr.  Clutter  is 
Auditor  of  Accounts  in  Virginia.  Wiarda  mentions 
Bottcher. 

Ruddiman's  "Life"  was  published  in  1740.  Min- 
cing exists  as  an  English  name.  Gen.  Trigge, 
commander-in-chief  at  Martinique,  subscribed  for 
Chauchard's  maps.  Rev.  Mr.  Griesly  subscribed 
for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies,"  as  did  also  Mr.  Mangy. 
The  publisher  Edward  Curll  figures  in  the  "  Dun- 
ciad."  Mr.  Greathed  escaped  from  the  massacre  at 
Delhi  in  1857.  Rev.  Richard  Sheepshanks  died  in 
England,  Nov.  7,  1855.  Mr.  Bronte's  predecessor 
was  Rev.  Mr.  Redhead.  We  have  Inchbald's 
"  British  Theatre."  In  reading  Mrs.  Barbauld's 
works,  we  do  not  think  of  her  name  as  synonymous 
with  "  bare-bald."  In  Westminster  Abbey  is  an  epi- 
taph by  Dryden  on  Sir  Palmes  Fairbones.  Mr. 
Ruffhead  wrote  a  Life  of  Pope.      Mr.  Rough  lives 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  85 

in  Philadelphia.  Miss  Backwell  and  Mr.  Light- 
body  are  subscribers  to  the  Macklin  Bible.  Mr. 
Crutchfield  is  Speaker  of  the  House  in  Virginia. 
Mr.  Pettibone,  of  New  York,  failed  in  October,  1857. 
Among  the  graduates  of  Yale  I  find  Mr.  Bald,  Mr. 
.  Cruikshanks,  Mr.  Crukshanks,  Mr.  Cuddeback,  and 
Mr.  Pettibone.  In  the  New-York  Directory  I  find 
Bald  ;  also  Bonny,  Bonnier,  Fair,  Fairbairn,  Fair- 
brother,  Fairman,  Bloomer,  Doll,  Dolls,  Light- 
foot,  Lightbody,  Gentil,  Farcy;  also  Prink,  Prigge, 
Trigg,  Prim,  Plain,  Boor,  Boorman,  Foully,  Grime, 
Brodhag,  Crone,  Bend,  Boney,  Blear,  several  speci- 
mens of  Bald,  Wollenhaupt  ("  woollen  head !  "), 
Lineback,  Broadfoot,  Playfoot  (i.e.,  "splay-foot"), 
Redfoot,  Longpin  (i.  e.,  "  long  legs  "),  Loppin,  Lamey, 
&c.  Mr.  Underfinger  is  found  in  the  Buffalo  Direc- 
tory of  1855. 

Mr.  Tidy  lives  at  Norwichville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Spink, 
at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Grecey,  at  Kingston,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Sansfacon,  at  Quebec ;  and  Mr.  Stamers,  at  To- 
ronto. 

At  Philadelphia  I  find  eighteen  families  of  Comly, 
and  four  of  Cumley  ;  nineteen  families  of  Nice  ;  Mr. 
Tiedeman  ;  Mr.  Prigley  ;  Messrs.  Dowdy,  Doudy, 
Doudle,  and  Dowdle;  Mr.  Fopless,  Mr.  Furrow, 
Mr.  Grime,  Mr.  Leans,  Mr.  Slanteback,  and  Messrs. 
Tumplety  and  Tumpalty.  Bald  is  a  common  name 
in  Philadelphia ;  and  I  find  there  two  families  of 
Blind,    also    Blonde,    Bloom,    and    Bloomer.       Mr. 


86  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

Whiteside  lives  at  Little  Britain,  C.W.  Both  White- 
head and  Whites  ides  are  found  at  Brampton,  C.W. 
A  Mr.  Allchin  lives  at  Canning,  C.W. ;  and  another, 
at  New  Hamburg,  C.W.  Mr.  Lenover  lives  at  Flo- 
rence, C.W.  ;  Mr.  Bends,  at  Grafton,  C.W. ;  also  Mr. 
Blacklock.  Mr.  Sydle  lives  at  Sandyhill,  C.W. ;  and 
Mr.  Klump,  at  Sarnia,  C.W. 

In  1741,  there  was  an  English  author  named  Raw  ; 
and  a  Mr.  Raw  sailed  from  Boston,  Dec.  29,  1857. 
Rawson  was  a  distinguished  name  among  us  in  early 
times.  A  Mr.  Askew  wrote  in  1605.  Mr.  John 
Askew,  of  Queen's  College,  subscribed  for  Jones's 
"  Miscellanies."  Mr.  Fairborn,  F.R.S.,  is  author  of 
a  work  on  Engineering,  London,  1856.  Boniface, 
though  now  so  exclusively  appropriated  by  landlords, 
is  a  name  that  has  been  borne  by  several  popes.  Mr. 
Laplass  lives  at  Lyme,  Conn.  Our  Mr.  Lovely  is  a 
laborer  at  South  Boston.  Mr.  Prim  lives  at  Brewer, 
Me.  Mr.  Crofoot's  estate  is  in  a  course  of  settle- 
ment. Mr.  Crawfoot  appears  in  the  Colony  Records 
of  1678.  William  Crotch,  "a  musical  prodigy," 
was  born  in  1775. 

We  have  Messrs.  Hasenfus  (i.  e.,  "  hare-foot "), 
Strain,  Strane,  Gait,  Gately,  Breeding,  Manners, 
Glance,  Glancy,  Look,  Lear,  Leear,  Lears,  Lear- 
ing,  and  Ogels.  I  find  Ogle  in  England  in  1800. 
England  has  had  its  Sir  John  Ogle.  Mrs.  Ogle  sub- 
scribed for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies ;  "  and  Lieut.-Col. 
Ogle,  for  Chauchard's  maps.     Mr.  Manners  was  for 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  87 

many  years  British  consul  in  Boston.  We  had  a 
Midshipman  Bredin  in  1849.  Rev.  Mr.  Winck  is 
settled  at  Newton  (1857).  Robert  Giggil  appears 
in  our  Directory  for  1857.  Langhorne's  Poems 
were  printed  in  London,  by  Mawman,  in  1804.  In 
New  York  I  find  families  of  Gaites,  Gaze,  Looker, 
&c.  Eldredge  means  "  hideous."  Mr.  Wrinkle 
lives  at  Colebrook,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Fair,  at  Newark,  Vt. 
Our  Shakeshaft  and  Turnbull  indicate  feats  of 
strength  of  infrequent  occurrence  now-a-days.  Mr. 
Waxman  lives  at  Worcester.  Mr.  Whistler  was  a 
distinguished  engineer ;  and  that  name  is  found  in 
New  York,  as  are  also  Wisler,  Wissler,  and  Wissel. 
Mr.  Wistler  lives  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Sniffen 
lives  at  Greenwich,  Conn. ;  and  there  are  thirteen 
families  of  that  name  in  New  York.  John  Sniffin's 
lawsuit  was  decided  at  Washington,  Dec.  18,  1857. 
Mr.  Sniveldy  lives  at  St.  Catherine's,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Snively,  at  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Sniveley,  at  London, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Snivelly,  at  Drummondville,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Weese,  at  Centreville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Wees,  at 
Hillsborough,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Droolby,  at  Montreal ;  and 
Mr.  Hawkin,  at  Quebec.  Hawker  is  a  poet  of 
Corn  wall  j  England.     Hawkins  is  a  common  name. 

Mr.  Learmouth  lives  at  Fitzroy  Harbor,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Ogleman,  at  Bourcherville,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Sidleman  and 
Mr.  Simper,  at  Philadelphia,  where  I  also  find  Messrs. 
Winker,  Gaze,  Stare,  and  Stares.  Mr.  Winks 
lives  at  Montreal.     Mr.  Searight  was  a  West-Point 


88  NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES. 

graduate.  Our  Miss  Touch  died  in  1798.  Mr.  Beau 
lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Great,  at  Guelph,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Bald,  at  Hamilton,  C.W.,  where  is  also  found 
Mr.  Twitcher.  Mr.  Bigham  lives  at  Kingston, 
C.W. 

A  contribution  for  the  relief  of  Miss  Handless 
would  not  be  amiss.  Mr.  Legless  seems  to  have 
remained  in  England,  as  have  also  the  families  of 
Awkward,  Ugly,  Thick  and  Thin  ;  also  Baldhead, 
Cockeye,  Hunchback,  Killingback,  Leatherhead, 
Halfhead,  Lofty,  Lumpy,  Bunch,  Allbones,  Scare- 
devil,  and  Wulgar  (consistently  spelt).  Lord 
Stowell's  decisions  are  admired  in  Haggard's  Re- 
ports. Haggard  is  a  common  name  at  Campbell's 
Cross,  C.W. :  it  is  also  found  at  London,  C.W.  Mr. 
Slayback  lives  at  Fairfield,  Conn.  David  Longe- 
necker  was  President  of  the  broken  Lancaster  Bank 
of  Pennsylvania,  1857  ;  and  a  Mr.  Longenecker  lives 
in  Philadelphia. 

Several  ancient  Roman  family  names  were  derived 
from  personal  peculiarities,  as  Plautus  and  Plancus 
(both  "flat-footed  "),  Sedigitus  ("  having  six  fingers  "), 
N^vius  ("  one  who  has  a  mole  on  his  person  "),  Bal- 
bus  ("  stammering "),  Ocella  ("small-eyed"),  Flac- 
cus  ("  flap-eared ;  "  this  name  still  exists  in  New 
York),  Florus  ("  shining "),  Hirtius  (hirtus  means 
"  hairy  "),  Pulcher  ("  beautiful "),  Paulus  ("  small  "), 
Celsus  ("  high  "),  Varro  (vara,  "  a  clodpate  "),  Seve- 
rus    ("  grave  "),    Serenus    ("  serene  "),    Commodus 


NAMES    FROM    BODILY    PECULIARITIES.  89 

("  friendly,"  "  pleasant  "),  Curius  ("  full  of  sorrow  "), 
Crassus,  —  before  mentioned  ("  fat  "),  —  Dentatus 
("well  provided  with  teeth"),  Virginius  (yirgineus 
means  "maidenly"),  Regillus  ("royal,"  "magnifi- 
cent"), &c. 


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CHAPTER    X. 

NAMES   FROM   RELATIONSHIP   AND   AFFECTION;    FROM   AGE,   &c. 

Relationship  and  affection  have  given  us  the  names 
of  Kinsman,  Kinman,  Fader  (Voter  means  "  father  "), 
Dady  (1683),  Dadd,  Goodson,  Boyson,  Sonna,  Sonne 
(June,  1857),  Brothers,  Fairbrother,  Fairbairn, 
Fairchild,  Darling,  Dear,  Dears,  Dearborn,  Deary, 
Suck,  Tetley,  Batchelor,  Swayne  (1666),  Swain, 
Valentine,  Benedict,  Troth,  Court,  Spose,  Suter, 
Billing,  Billings,  McFond,  Lovewell,  Doton,  Hart- 
nett,  Herman,  Groom,  Husband,  Bride, Tochterm an, 

SlSTERMANS,    HuGG,    HuGGINS,    PrESSEY,    BUSS,    BuSS- 

well,  Neighbor  (1659),  Neighbour,  Cousens,  Cou- 
sins, Cozzens,  Cuzens,  Friend,  Choice,  Favor, 
Lefavour,  Fancy,  &c.  Mr.  William  Brother  died 
in  1742.  Mr.  Brotherson  was  bookkeeper  of  the 
Union  Bank  in  New  York  in  1858.  Mr.  Kinne  was 
graduated  at  Yale,  as  was  also  Mr.  Elderkin.  Gen. 
Elderkin,  of  New  York,  is  a  visitor  at  West  Point. 
We  have  a  Damon,  but  no  Pythias.  Mr.  Son  sells  dry- 
goods  at  Bangor.  John  Son,  of  New  York,  failed  in 
October,  1857.  Mr.  Cossit  lives  at  Claremont,  N.H., 
and  also  at  New  York.     Mr.  Petts  lives  at  Ware- 


NAMES    FROM    RELATIONSHIP    AND    AFFECTION.        91 

ham ;  Mr.  Cozzen,  at  Leominster ;  and  a  Mr.  Cou- 
sens,  at  Buxton,  Me.  Mr.  Chose  lives  at  Parsons- 
field,  Me. 

In  the  New- York  Directory  I  find  two  families  of 
Suckley,  Presser,  Parshall,  Wedlock,  Wewer 
("  woer "),   Kissam  (a  very  common   name),  Atkiss, 

COURTER,    COURTIN,    SPARK,    MARRY,    ClING,     SmACK, 

Kiss  ;  Dear,  Deare,  Dearman,  and  Deary  ;  Near, 
Neary,  &c.  ;  and  Bussing  and  Bussman.  I  also  find 
there  Parent,  Paters  ("  fathers  ]  "),  Paterson,  and 
Nefew  ("  nephew  %  ").  We  have  a  Mrs.  Neff  (Neffe 
means  "nephew").  Mr.  Mutter,  of  Philadelphia 
(German  for  "  mothers  "),  subscribed  for  Agassiz' 
work;  as  did  also  Mr.  Deery,  of  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Frere  ("  brother  ")  is  a  well-known  English  author. 
Pett's  works  were  published  in  1693. ' 

Parent  is  a  very  common  name  in  Canada,  at 
Quebec,  &c. ;  it  is  also  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Papa  lives  at  Newbury,  C.W.  Two  families  of  Bro- 
thers live  at  Montreal ;  and  the  name  is  found  at  To- 
ronto. Mr.  Brotherson  lives  at  Little  Britain,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Godson,  at  St.  Catherine's,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Orphan, 
at  Kingston,  C.W.  A  Mr.  Younghusband  lives  at 
Carp,  C.W. ;  and  another,  at  Port  Hope,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Swayne,  at  Cobourg,  C.W.  Loveless  is  found  at 
Albertsville,  C.W.,  and  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Smitten, 
at  Campbellsville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hug,  at  Bridgeport, 
C.W.  Mr.  Proudlove  lives  at  Berlin,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Newlove,  at  Summerville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Truelove,  at 


92       NAMES    FROM    RELATIONSHIP    AND    AFFECTION. 

Westport,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Spark,  at  Three  Rivers,  C.E. ; 
Mr.  Longmore,  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Cosset,  at  St.  Pierre 
des  Bequets,  C.E. ;  and  Mr.  Wedd,  at  Toronto.  Dr. 
Cousin  lives  at  Grahamsville,  C.W.;  and  Mr.  Kins- 
min,  at  Toronto.     Mr.  Kindered  lives  at  Peoria,  111. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  Mr.  Akin  (perhaps  a  name 
indicative  of  suffering),  Mr.  Cousen,  four  families  of 
Nece,  Mr.  Dady,  Mr.  Sonneborn,  Messrs.  Syster  and 
Syz,  Mr.  Caress,  Mr.  Cling,  Mr.  Clinger,  Mr.  Likes, 
Mr.  Likens,  &c.  Mr.  Quitman,  of  Mississippi,  is  a 
member  of  Congress. 

We  have  many  a  Ward,  but  no  Guardian.  France 
has  its  Cousin  ;  and,  in  Dublin,  there  lived,  in  1828, 
J.  G.  Children,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Cousins.  Among  the 
subscribers  to  the  Macklin  Bible  is  Mr.  Goodson. 
Mr.  Woodson  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  Mr.  Young- 
love  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1671.  Dr.  Kirk- 
bridge  is  the  distinguished  physician  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Asylum.  Mr.  Truelove,  a  London  bookseller, 
has  just  been  indicted  for  a  want  of  love  to 
Louis  Napoleon.  Mr.  Marriman  lives  at  Woodbury, 
Conn.  Incredible  as  it  seems,  there  exist  in  England 
the  names  of  Cuckold,  Pympe,  Bairnsfather,  Bas- 
tard,    and     Bratt.       Families    of    Goodhusband, 

YOUNGHUSBAND,  WEDLOCK,  AFFECTION,    KlSS,    StRAN- 

ger,  and  Quaintance  are  also  found  there.  The 
names  of  Barnfather  and  Bastard  are  indeed  both 
found  at  London,  C.W.  Mr.  Carlos  Bratt  was  a 
midshipman  in  our  navy  in  1849  ;  and  the  name  is  in 


NAMES    FROM    AGE,    ETC.  93 

the  New-York  Directory.  Mr.  Croney  also  lives  in 
New  York.  Rev.  J.  G.  Bias  is  a  clergyman  at  Phila- 
delphia. Mr.  Husband  was  an  author  in  1711 ;  and 
a  Mr.  Husband  recently  lost  a  limb  by  an  accident  in 
Boston,  and  subsequently  died  at  the  Hospital.  Both 
Husband  and  Husbands  are  common  names  in  Phila- 
delphia. On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Nicholas  Wife 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1645.  A  marriage  con- 
tract is  recorded  in  Lib.  677,  f.  261,  one  of  the  parties 
to  which  has  the  appropriate  name  of  Standring. 
Our  Mr.  Freelove  (L.  121,  f.  105),  in  name  at  least, 
scorned  all  such  ties.  Mr.  Spendlove,  of  New  York, 
has  also  a  promiscuous  name. 

There  is  a  work  on  "  English  Rhymes  "  by  Guest. 
A  Mr.  Guest  was  a  passed  midshipman  in  our 
navy  in  1849 ;  and  the  name  is  found  in  New  York, 
and  in  Canada,  at  Toronto,  &c.  Mrs.  Tryst  was  a 
subscriber  to  Jones's  "  Miscellanies ;  "  and  P.  Bastard 
subscribed  for  Ackerman's  "  History  of  Oxford." 
Higgeson's  "  New-England  Plantation  "  was  printed 
for  Michael  Sparke  in  1630. 

Ages  are  represented  by  Messrs.  Young,  Young- 
man,  Younger,  Younker,  Junior,  Minor,  Senior, 
Olds,  Whitehead,  Elder,  and  Elders.  Mr.  Ages 
lives  in  Philadelphia;  and  Mr.  Bibby  is  a  depositor 
in  one  of  our  savings  banks,  being  a  decidedly  juve- 
nile name.  We  have  Miss  Eunice  V.  Senex  (i.e., 
"  old  man  51).  Mr.  Old  lives  in  Franklin,  Vt.,  and 
also  in  New  York.     Mr.  Minor  is  Governor  of  Con- 


94  NAMES    FROM    AGE,    ETC. 

necticut  (1856).  Sir  John  Suckling  was  an  English 
author  of  note  in  1648;  and  Swadlin  wrote  in  1653. 
Whitelocke's  Swedish  embassy  took  place  in  1653-4. 
Lieut.-Col.  Whitelocke  subscribed  for  Chau chard's 
maps.  There  is  a  resemblance  in  sound,  if  not  in  fact, 
between  Whitehead  and  Wisehead.  Mr.  Grayhead 
lives  in  New  York.  The  name  of  Blacklock  is  found 
in  Virginia.  Mr.  Bibb  was  the  first  Governor  of  Ala- 
bama. Who  can  better  play  "  Old  Folks  at  Home"  than 
the  distinguished  violinist,  Mr.  Vieuxtemps  (i.  e., 
"  old  times  ")  ]  Both  Jung  and  Junger*  are  German 
authors.  There  was  a  Roman  family  of  Senicio  ("  an 
old  man  ").  Mr.  Oldman  lived  at  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in 
1855.  In  the  New-York  Directory  are  the  names  of 
Babe  and  Babey.  The  family  of  Baby  (correctly 
spelt)  is  still  found  in  the  mother  country.  A  Mr. 
Baby  was  also  a  Canadian  resident  near  Detroit  in 
1763  ;  and  the  name  is  very  common  now  throughout 
Canada.  No  less  than  five  families  are  found  at  Moore, 
C.W.  I  also  find,  in  Philadelphia,  six  families  of 
Babe,  and  one  Babey  ;  where  are  also  seven  families 
of  Born,  and  three  families  of  Weand.  Mr.  Cadet 
lives  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Mr.  Ladson  is  consul  for 
Denmark  at  Charleston,  S.C.  In  Salem  there  is  a 
family  of  Oldson.  Mr.  Altfater  (German  for 
"  old  father ")  lives  in  New  York.  Mr.  Oldfather 
was  landlord  in  a  real-estate  suit  reported  in  27  Penn. 
State  Rep.  285. 

*  Being  the  German  for  "young"  and  "younger." 


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CHAPTER    XL 

NAMES  FROM  NATIONS,  COUNTRIES,    TOWNS.  &c;    NAMES   OF  PRO- 
MISCUOUS  OR  MULTITUDINOUS   SIGNIFICATIONS. 

Nations  are  represented  by  Greek,  Gretian,  Swit- 
zer  (1668),  Sabine,  Britton,  English,  French, 
Dutch,  German,  Hollander,  Irish,  Russ,  Dane, 
Fleming,  Malay,  Norman,  Lombard,  Scott,  Welsh, 
Pickard,  Finn,  Wallach,  Wallack,  Turk,  Amerigo, 
Amerige,  &c.  Our  Thomas  Gipsey  is,  in  name,  a 
citizen  of  the  world.  There  was  an  English  author 
named  Welchman  in  1767.  Mr.  Hunn  was  a  clergy- 
man in  Hadley  in  1839.  Mr.  Neil  Etheopean  died 
in  1727  (Prob.  Rec.  26,  f.  144).  John  Bohemion  made 
a  deed  in  L.  10,  f.  269.  George  Sirian  was  a  gun- 
ner in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Vandal  lives  at  St. 
John's,  C.E. ;  and,  in  Philadelphia,  I  find  families  of 
Algier  and  Allgier. 

Countries  are  represented  by  Poland,  Gaul,  Spain, 
Spane,  Flanders,  Holland,  Hague,  Greenland, 
Finland  (L.  626),  Brittain,  Scotland,  Savoy, 
Wales,  Ireland,  Guernsey,  Garnsey  (L.  49),  Lo- 
rain, Loring  (Lorraine),  Virginia,  Maine,  Domingo, 
Rhodes,  Barbadoes,  &c.     Mrs.  England  lately  died 


96  NAMES    FROM    NATIONS,    COUNTRIES,    ETC. 

at  Newbury  port.  In  L.  169,  Mr.  Canada  is  party  to 
a  deed.  Mr.  Iceland  lives  at  Sandhill,  C.W.  Mrs. 
Norway  lives  at  East  Brewster,  Mass.  Greece  is 
found  at  Chatham,  C.E.  Mr.  Brazil  lately  died  in 
Suffolk  County.  Mr.  France  appears  in  our  Direc- 
tory for  1857.  The  firm  of  Bates  and  France  failed 
in  New  York  in  1857.  Mr.  Illius,  of  that  city,  is 
perhaps  of  Trojan  descent.  Mr.  Clime  and  Mr. 
Countraman,  of  New  York,  seem  to  have  no  fixed 
residence.  Our  Mr.  Freeland's  name  is  but  an 
alias  for  America.  Mr.  Acte,  who  appears  in  our 
Colony  Records,  1677,  may  perhaps  claim  his  name 
from  another  continent. 

Seas,  bays,  harbors,  and  rivers  give  us  Baltic, 
Casco,  Sacket,  Jordan,  Tweed,  Cam,  Humber  (1663), 
Nile  (1680),  Mersey,  Shannon,  Wye,  Hudson, 
Charles,  Rhoner,  &c.  Mr.  Tweedy  was  graduated 
at  Yale.  Mr.  Clide  lives  in  New  York.  Lieut. 
Humber  served  in  the  Mexican  war.  Mr.  Nile 
lives  at  Ottawa,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Rhine,  at  Philadelphia, 
where  I  also  find  Rubican  and  Rubincam  ("  Rubi- 
con \ ").  We  have  also  the  river  of  mythology,  — 
Leathe  ;  though  I  do  not  find  Styx.  Charon,  how- 
ever, lives  in  Troy,  N.H. ;  and  Mr.  Caron  was  a  man 
of  property  among  us  (1629).  Miss  Lethe  ad,  of 
Roxbury,  died  in  1857.  The  Leman  family  would 
doubtless  prefer  a  claim  to  a  local  origin  by  Lake 
Leman.  Among  mountains,  I  find  Alp  at  Philadel- 
phia. 


NAMES    FROM    TOWNS,    ETC.  97 

Mr.  Devonshire  lives  in  Suffolk  County ;  and  Mr. 
Norfolk,  in  Essex  County.  Mr.  Westmoreland 
resides  in  New  York.  Derbishire  is  a  common 
name  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  and  I  find  Derbyshire  and 
Shropshire  in  Philadelphia. 

Many  towns  walk  about  among  us  as  men  and 
women  ;  such  as  Troy,  Tyre,  Parris,  Lunnin,  Lyons, 
Florence,  Brussel,  Hamburg,  Maynz,  Amsterdam, 
Stratford,  Windsor,  Winsor,  Woburn,  Worcester, 
York,  Oxford,  Glasgow,  Chester,  Dunbar,  Dun- 
stable, Hartford,  Sheffield,  Bermingham,  Birming- 
ham, Leeds,  Manchester,  Kent,  Canterbury,  Cork, 
Essex,  Rindge,  Winchester,  Carlisle,  Beverly, 
Cambridge,  Boston,  Milton,  Liversedge,  Hinsdale, 
Newport  (1682),  Newton,  Weston,  Quincy,  Salom, 
Linn  or  Lynn  (probably  "a  pool"),  Lancaster, 
Weymouth,  Edgarton,  Needham,  Randolph,  Had- 
ley,  Sharon,  Somerville,  Sherburne,  Scarbo- 
rough (L.  69),  Casteene,  Conway,  Newbury, 
Tewksbury,  Leicester  (L.  639),  Springfield,  Stock- 
bridge,  Lenox,  &c. 

Salisbury  is  one  of  our  wealthy  families.  Mr. 
Carary  ("Carrara]")  appears  in  our  records  (1674). 
In  L.  588,  f.  73,  is  a  deed  of  Mr.  Copenhagen. 
Haverhill  is  found  at  Medford;  Glasko,  at  Gris- 
wold,  Conn. ;  Florence,  at  New  London ;  London, 
at  Bridgewater,  Me. ;  Lunnon,  at  Lowell ;  Bristol, 
at  Lee ;  Lima,  at  Lawrence  ;  Weymouth,  at  Alna, 
Me. ;  and  Scarboro',  at  New  Bedford.     Mr.  Hunger- 

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98  PROMISCUOUS    OR    MULTITUDINOUS    NAMES. 

ford  is  a  Yale  graduate  ;  and  Bristol  is  very  common 
among  the  graduates  of  that  institution.  Young 
Jerusalem's  tragic  fate  was  incorporated  by  Goethe 
into  the  "  Sorrows  of  Werther."  We  have  among  us 
representatives  of  the  ancient  battle-fields  of  Floden, 
Bosworth,  Cressy,  &c.  ;  and,  in  the  New-York 
Directory,  I  find  families  of  Lundoner,  Rhinelander, 
Warsawer,  Sarasin,  Tunis,  Rio,  Wheeling,  &c.  In 
Philadelphia  are  families  of  Berlin,  Corinth,  Hague, 
Potsdamer,  Tartar,  Tarter,  and  Tartor. 

All  these  classes  of  names  doubtless  originated 
in  ancestors  who  came  from  the  countries  or  places 
thus  indicated.  On  the  other  hand,  several  towns 
among  us,  as  is  well  known,  have  received  their 
names  from  distinguished  citizens ;  as  Lowell,  Law- 
rence, &c. 

Some  have  promiscuous  names;  as  Canale,  Peo- 
ples, Class,  Fellows,  Folk,  Elders,  Crowd,  Garri- 
son, Troop,  Troup,  Many  (1665),  Chapp,  Person, 
Persons,  Province,  Thing,  Jury.  Mr.  Woolfolk  is 
a  graduate  of  Yale.  The  names  of  States,  and  of 
Coloney  or  Colony,  are  common  in  New  England,  as 
is  also  that  of  Voter.  Mr.  Colon ius  lives  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Sargeants  lives  at  Pittsfield,  Vt.  In 
England  are  families  of  Other,  Every,  M.jny,  and 
Nobis,  but  no  Omnibus.  Mr.  Many  was  plaintiff  in 
a  late  suit.  Mr.  Few,  of  Amherst,  N.H.,  sailed  for 
England,  July,  1857.  Mr.  Every  was  a  passenger 
from  Panama,  October,    1857.      A  Mr.  Every  also 


PROMISCUOUS    OR    MULTITUDINOUS    NAMES.  99 

lived  in  Buffalo  in  1855,  as  did  Mr.  Pair.  One  of 
the  hymns  in  our  church  psalmody  was  written  by 
"  Medley."  In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument 
to  Sir  William  Hoste  ;  and  there  was  an  eminent 
Danish  scholar  named  Host.  Mr.  Batch,  of  Bridge- 
water,  obtained  an  agricultural  premium  in  September, 
1857.  Mr.  Gentry  lives  in  New  York.  In  that 
city  I  find  both  Mr.  Many  and  Mr.  Few  ;  Mr.  Mani- 
fold, Mr.  Mesh,  Mr.  Mingle,  and  Mr.  Missing; 
Messrs.  Peoples,  Peple,  Shires,  Tier,  Tiers;  also 
Mr.  Parts,  Mr.  Peaces,  Mr.  Share,  &c. 

Mr.  Gentles  lives  at  Goderich,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Gentry 
and  Mr.  Sennet,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Nation,  at 
Toronto,  C.W.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of 
Beaux,  Caravan,  Divers,  and  Council,  five  families 
of  Mingle,  and  both  State  and  States. 

Mrs.  Mobbs  was  a  subscriber  to  Jones's  "  Miscella- 
nies." Jabez  Allies  published  a  work  on  antiquities, 
in  1852,  in  London. 

We  have  also  Mecum  (L.  203,  f.  231);  and  Mr. 
Coram  was  an  English  printseller.  One  of  the  chief 
proprietors  of  the  Covent-Garden  Theatre  was  Mr. 
Surnam  (i.  e.,  "surname");  and  we  have  Mr.  Four- 
name  and  Mr.  Namer.  Mr.  Manname  lives  in  Phila- 
delphia; Miss  Mary  Pedigree,  of  Saugus,  was  married 
June  21,  1857. 


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CHAPTER    XII. 

NAMES   FROM   ARTICLES   OF    DRESS   AND   ORNAMENT. 

Ladies  have  their  Wills  :  they  are  also  devoted  to 
the  toilet.  Accordingly,  we  find  a  Mr.  Millener 
(L.  82,  f.  176),  and  a  Miss  Mary  Rigg;  also  Miss 
Riggins  and  Miss  Pirks.  Perk  is  found  at  Balmoral, 
C.W.,  and  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  We  have  likewise  Mrs. 
Dresser  and  Mr.  Tryon.  Miss  Fouldes  is  a  dress- 
maker. Mr.  Foldin  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer, 
November,  1857.  Administration  has  been  lately 
granted  to  the  estate  of  Miss  Mary  Capps.  Mr. 
Capp  lives  in  New  York.  We  have  Kings,  Lockett, 
Sables,  Cashmer,  Gems,  Precious,  Diamond,  Ema- 
reld,  Emereld,  Berrell,  Ruby,  Jewell,  Pearl, 
Pearly  (1677),  Perley,  Jasper,  Garnet  (L.  84, 
f.  258),  and  Garnett  (L.  103).  In  Philadelphia  I 
find  families  of  Berrel,  Onyx,  Opol.  Mr.  Ringgold 
was  an  officer  at  West  Point.  Mr.  Gem  lives  at 
Bucksport,  Me.  Mr.  Searing  is  a  graduate  of  Yale. 
In  England,  and  also  in  New  York,  are  families  of 
Agate,  &c.  Achates,  the.  friend  of  iEneas,  means 
"  agate;"  and  the  Roman  name  of  Torquatus  means 
"  adorned  with  a  neck-chain." 


NAMES    FROM    DRESS    AND    ORNAMENT.  101 

Wiggin  is  one  of  our  first  names.     We  have  also 
Wiggins,    Wigmore,   &c.      The   name    of    Ludwig 
Hellwig  is  familiar  to  us  all.      Mr.  Kilty  was  a 
lieutenant  in  our  navy  in   1849.      George  Busk   is 
a  distinguished  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society ;  and  Mr. 
Buske   lives    in    New   York.      The   "  New-England 
Business  Directory  "  shows  that  Mr.  Shirt  lives  at 
Stamford,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Jackett,  at  New  Haven ;  and 
both  Dr.  Shue  and  Mr.  Stitch,  at  Hartford.     Miss 
Katherine  Frill  died  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  seventy- 
four  years  old,  worn  out  at  last  (1857).     Mr.  Stich, 
of  New  York,  sells  caps.     Mr.  Sew,  however,  of  that 
city,  is  a  cabinet-maker.     Abraham  Shurt,  of  Pema- 
quid  (now  Bristol,  Me.),  took  an  acknowledgment  of 
an  Indian  deed  in  1626,  twenty  years  before  any  en- 
actment on  that  subject,  and  is  considered  the  "  Father 
of  American  conveyancing."     Lovelace  occurs  among 
the    subscribers    to    Jones's    "  Miscellanies ; "    as    do 
also  the  names  of  Rigg,  Riggs,  and  Capper.     There 
is  also  the  English  poet  Lovelace.     England  has  had 
its  Admiral  Freemantle.     Richard  Crawshay,  Esq., 
subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps :  his  name  recalls  a 
species  of  needlework.     A  lecture  on  public  amuse- 
ments, by  Edward  Corderoy,  Esq.,  was  published  in 
London  (1857). 

Articles  of  dress  are  about  equally  divided  among 
the  sexes.  Thus  we  have  a  Miss  Garment  (L.  639, 
f.  265),  Rayment  (1683),  Dickey,  Hatton,  Hatten, 
Cravath,   Coller    (L.    125  ^and    L.    308),    Tippet, 


102  names  from  dress  and  ornament. 

Coates,  Shepcoat,  Dublett  (1676),  Cloak,  Wes- 
cott,  Waiscot,  Padden,  Vesty,  Blackstock,  But- 
ten  (1651),  Button,  Spencer,  Brace,  Wigley, 
Wiggin,  Brownrigg,  Gildersleeve,  Cloutman, 
Combs,  Comb,  Edgecomb,  Newcomb,  Beede,  Cope, 
Cowles,  Cowls,  Ruffe,  Hood,  Vail,  Vaill,  Lacy, 
Belt,  Band,  Loop,  Vantassle,  Bussell,  Sachs,  Vic- 
torin,  Freemantle,  Mode,  Gear,  Geer,  Geir,  Cloas, 
Mende,  Mendum,  Fitton,  Mitts,  Hoseum,  Hosum, 
Stocking,  Leathers,  Schuch  (Schuh  means  "  shoe  "), 
Brogan,  and  Patten.  Francis  Chapeau  died  in 
1824.  Mrs.  Gaiter  appears  in  our  Directory  for 
1857 ;  and  Mr.  Gaither  is  President  of  the  Senate  of 
Maryland.  That  name  is  found  among  the  gradu- 
ates of  West  Point.  Our  Miss  Linen,  being  unduly 
desirous  of  increasing  her  wardrobe,  was  sent  to  the 
House  of  Correction,  October,  1857.  Thomas  Mitten 
was  a  party  to  a  deed  in  Norfolk  County ;  and  this 
name  is  found  in  New  York,  as  is  also  Mitty.  Mr. 
Mend  all  lives  at  Marion,  Mass.  Messrs.  Maker, 
Makem,  Mend,  and  Made,  all  live  in  New  York. 
Mrs.  Bracegirdle  was  a  distinguished  English  actress. 
Mr.  Broadbelt  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer, 
November,  1857.  Mr.  Veil  lives  at  Paulet,  Vt. ;  Mr. 
Westcoat,  at  Dighton,  Mass. ;  Mr.  Collar,  at  Athol. 
Mr.  Cuff,  of  South  Dedham,  died  November,  1857. 
Mr.  Pinny  lives  at  Middlebury,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Beadley, 
at  Cheshire,  Conn. ;  and  Mr.  Beedy,  at  Phillips,  Me. 
William  Faircloth  made  a  deed  in  Norfolk  County ; 


NAMES    FROM    DRESS    AND    ORNAMENT.  103 

and  that  name  is  found  in  New  York.  Mr.  Silk 
subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  We  are  generally 
indebted  for  our  fashions  to  Paris ;  but  Mr.  Satten- 
shall  ("  satin  shawl  ] ")  arrived  here  in  an  English 
steamer  in  September,  1857,  as  did  also  Mrs.  and  Mr. 
Cravat.  At  Woolwich,  England,  is  a  monument  to 
Stephen  Remnant.  This  family,  notwithstanding  its 
name,  seems  now  to  be  extinct. 

Mr.  Wigg  lives  at  Canfield,  C.W.,  and  also  at  Port 
Robinson,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hoodless,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 
Mr.  Hatt  is  collector  of  St.  Ours,  C.E. ;  and  the  name 
is  found  at  Cambly,  C.E.  Highhet  ("  high  hat?  ")  is 
a  name  of  note  in  Canada.  Mr.  Tippett  lives  at  Co- 
bourg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Pelerin,  at  Grand  Bay,  C.E. ;  Mr. 
Capes,  at  North  Augusta,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Ruff,  at  St. 
Clement's,  C.W.  Messrs.  Risband  and  Scarff  both 
live  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  and  Scarff  is  also  found  at 
Woodstock,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lovelace,  at  London,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Lawn,  at  Stanstead  Plain,  C.W.  Rev.  Mr. 
Wearey  lives  at  Bodmin,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Wear,  at 
Albert,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Makings,  at  Everton,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Stringer,  at  Buxton,  C.W.  Messrs.  Knitt  and 
Lacy  live  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Scane,  at  Ridge- 
town,  C.W.  Mr.  Bask  lives  at  Goderich,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Buckles,  at  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Kilt,  at  Ottawa, 
C.W.  Mr.  Legging  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Mr. 
Shoebottom  is  a  law-student  at  London,  C.W.  Messrs. 
Robe,  Silk,  Sax,  Hose,  Hosen,  live  in  Quebec.  Mr. 
Tattersall  and  Mr.  Wardrobe  are  both  found  in 
Toronto,  as  is  also  Mr.  Cashmere. 


104  NAMES    FROM    DRESS    AND    ORNAMENT. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  a  family  of  Wardrobe  ; 
Messrs.  Wigfall,  Wigman,  Wigmore  ;  also  Barwig 
("  a  lawyer's  wig  ?  ")  ;  Mr.  Clad  and  Mr.  Strip  ; 
seven  families  of  Cloak,  five  of  Collar,  two  of  Nar- 
rowcoat  !  eight  of  Lightcap  !  and  two  of  Long- 
cope  ;  Mr.  Pelize  ;  Mr.  Tippit  ;  Mr.  Muff  ;  Mr. 
Coull;  Mr.  Frill;  three  families  of  Frock;  Mr. 
Stock  ;  Mr.  Boot  ;  Mr.  Shoesmith  ;  two  families  each 
of  Fitter,  Fitting,  and  Fitton,  and  four  families  of 
Truefitt  ;  Mr.  Ripp  ;  Mr.  Pinyard  ;  nine  families 
of  Needles,  and  one  Knedler.  Mendi:nhall  is  a 
common  name  there.  Miss  Fix  is  a  dressmaker  of 
that  city.     Mr.  Gird  was  an  officer  at  West  Point. 

In  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855,  I  find  Loop  and 
Vest.  Messrs.  Thredder,  Pinner,  and  Cape  live  in 
London  (1858);  and  Mr.  Truefitt  is  a  tailor  in  that 
city. 

Mr.  Gere,  Mr.  Overall,  Mr.  Lining,  Mr.  Silkman, 
Mr.  McHose,  Mr.  Padmore,  Mr.  Button,  and  Mr. 
Bonesteel,  were  all  graduated  at  Yale.  Bonnet  was 
a  Swiss  philosopher ;  and  both  Bonnet  and  Bonnett 
are  found  in  New  York.  Mrs.  Hatt,  of  Lachamsted, 
Berks,  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers.  Capt. 
Robe,  of  the  Royal  Artillery,  subscribed  for  Chau- 
chard's  maps.  Kollar  published  a  work  on  insects, 
in  London,  in  1840.  Among  those  killed  at  Sebasto- 
pol  was  a  gunner's  mate  named  Pinhorn.  Mrs.  All- 
pin  appears  in  our  Directory  of  1857.  Dr.  Pincoffs 
("  pincuffs'?")  published  a  work  on  Eastern  Hospitals, 


NAMES    FROM    DRESS    AND    ORNAMENT.  105 

in  London,  in  1857.  At  Great-Billing  Church,  Nor- 
thamptonshire, is  a  monument  to  Justinian  Brass- 
girdle,  A.D.  1625.  Mr.  Buckle  has  commenced 
the  publication  of  an  admirable  history  of  civili- 
zation in  England.  Mr.  Shufeldt,  a  passed  midship- 
man in  our  navy  in  1849,  represents  a  very  humble 
item  of  apparel.  Mr.  Wigfall,  of  Iowa,  subscribed 
for  Agassiz'  work. 

The  names  of  Bone,  Bones,  and  Bonesteel,  are 
found  in  New  York,  and  may  perhaps  be  classed 
among  articles  of  female  costume.  I  find  there,  like- 
wise, Messrs.  Gear,  Gearing,  Gird,  and  Herwig  ; 
Messrs.  Lace,  Linen,  Linnen,  Musliner,  Musk  ; 
five  families  of  Smock;  Sp angler,  Pelisse,  Scarf, 
Scarff,  Puff,  Turns,  Turnure,  and  Wimp  ;  also 
Wear,  Woram,  and  Worn  ;  Hatt,  Livery,  Stock- 
ing, Stockings,  Stockinger;  Wigeman,  Wiggans, 
Wigger,  Wiggers.  Mr.  Copes  of  Louisiana,  and 
Mr.  Copeman  of  New  York,  subscribed  for  Agassiz' 
work. 

Among  the  subscribers  to  Thomson's  "  Seasons," 
I  find  Miss  Bagless,  Mr.  Dickey,  and  W.  J.  Lockett, 
Esq.  Among  English  authors  are  Cappe  (1727)  and 
Trimmer  (1801).  Cappe's  "Discourses"  were  pub- 
lished in  1816.  Robert  Shorthose  fell  under  the 
censures  of  our  forefathers  for  his  shortcomings. 
Mr.  Barefoot  appears  in  our  Colonial  Records  (1670)  ; 
and  a  Mrs.  Barfoot  lives  at  Chatham,  C. W. ;  also  at 
Peoria,  111.      Miss  Barfoot  subscribed  for  a  royal 

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106  NAMES    FROM    DRESS    AND    ORNAMENT. 

paper  copy  of  Jones's  "  Miscellanies."  We  have  Bare- 
ham,  perhaps  from  a  Highland  ancestry.  In  L.  173, 
f.  246,  is  a  deed  from  Amie  Pincomb.  Shurtleff, 
probably,  does  not  belong  to  this  class  of  names.  Dr. 
Shirtliff,  of  Massanippe,C.E.,  approaches  more  nearly 
to  the  real  article  of  dress.  Shirtcliff  is  found  in 
Philadelphia.  England  has  families  of  Hat,  High- 
hat,  Slipper,  Slipshoe,  Linen,  Sheet,  Needle,  Ruff, 
Shirtfield,  Pocket,  Wardrobe,  &c.  Dr.  Brownrig 
was  a  former  Bishop  of  Exeter  ;  and  Col.  Brownrigg 
subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  In  1821,  John  W. 
Buckle  lived  in  Mark  Lane ;  Thomas  Capper,  in  the 
Strand ;  and  Samuel  Stocks,  Esq.,  at  Manchester. 
Rev.  Mr.  Richard  Stock,  of  Baliol  College,  subscribed 
for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies.  After  death,  one's  toilet  is 
not  very  important ;  yet  our  Mr.  Braid  was  an  under- 
taker in  1839.  Mr.  Brade  was  himself  lost  in  the 
"  Central  America"  in  1857.  Dane,  in  his  "  Abridg- 
ment," cites  the  law-cases  of  Lovelace  and  Wigg. 


107 


CHAPTER    XIII. 


NAMES   DERIVED   FROM  ANIMALS. 


From  animals  we  have  Flock,  Heard,  Hurd,  Cat- 
tle, Catle,  Keine,  Breed,  Beest,  Lyon,  Leo,  Leo- 
man  (1642),  Wilboar,  Beare  (1668),  Bear,  Bruin, 
Boarman,  Wolf,  Wolff,  DeWolf,  Wolfson,  Fox, 
Foxworthy,  Tod  (i.  e.,  "  fox  "),  Fuchs  (t.  e.,  "  fox  "), 
Raynard,  Moos,  Camel,  Deer,  Doe,  Galloway,  Pal- 
frey, Filley,  Courser,  Hobby,  Hack,  Knaggs, 
Dobbin  (a  name  also  borne  by  a  former  Secretary 
of  the  Navy),  Colt,  Coltman,  Lamb,  Lambson 
(1685),  Lamson,  Badlam,  Lamkin,  Bull,  Bullman 
(363,  f.  69),  Bullock,  Bullard,  Goard  (1644), 
Cowman,  Ochs  (i.  e.,  "  ox  "),  Oxx  (in  Directory 
of  1835),  Maddox,  Oxenbridge,  Oxnard,  Oxman 
(L.  32,  f.  6),  Bossey,  Calef,  Calfe,  Calf  (L.  99, 
f.   260),    Metcalf,    Keough    ("  cow  %  "),    Cowden, 

COWHIG,     CUDWORTH,     BADGER,     MlNK,      BeVERSTOCK, 

Steer,  Steere,  Stearling  (L.  126,  f.  247),  Stagg, 
Staigg,  Buck,  Buckman,  Buckmaster  (1669),  Veal, 
Shep  (i.e.,  "  sheep  "),  Coon,  Coney  (i.e.,  "  a  rabbit"), 
Fawne,  Leverett,  Hare,  Hart,  Hartt,  Hinds, 
Kurr,  Whelfley,  Welpley,  Setter,  Setters,  Tray, 


108  NAMES    DERIVED    FROM    ANIMALS. 

Barker*  Tabb,  Pusey,  Chatman  (i.e.,  "man  of 
cats"),  Mousley,  Mowle,  Paddock,  Warren,  Bur- 
roughs, &c.  We  have  already  enumerated  Hogg 
and  its  various  derivatives.  Thomas  Cow  became  a 
freeman  of  Ipswich,  1681.  Mr.  Koon  lives  at  North 
Adams;  Mr.  Mole,  at  the  same  place,  and  also  at 
Williamstown  ;  Mr.  Coult,  at  Manchester,  N.H. 
Our  Mr.  Boreman,  perhaps,  derived  his  name  from 
his  colloquial  powers. 

One  Patrick  Babbit  was  party  to  a  deed  in  Essex 
County ;  and  a  lad  of  that  name  was  killed  in  Augusta, 
Me.,  April,  1857.  Two  families  of  the  same  name  live 
in  New  York.  Warren  is  eminent  in  the  medical 
world,  both  here  and  in  Europe.  Madame  De  Pussy 
wrote  in  Paris  in  1848.  Mr:  Batt  appears  in  our  Direc- 
tory for  1857.  Cat's  "Essay  on  the  Senses"  appears 
on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  Mr.  Catts  lives 
at  Philadelphia ;  as  do  also  two  families  of  Kitts,  and 
five  of  Pusey.  Mr.  Spaniel  lives  at  Peoria,  111. 
(1858).  Michael  Weasel,  of  Cumberland,  Md., 
was  not  vigilant  enough  to  avoid  failing  in  September, 
1857. 

Mr.  Beastall  lives  in  Philadelphia ;  as  does  Mr. 
Esquirell,  which  name  may  have  been  the  origin  of 
the  Squirrel  family ;  also  four  families  each  of  Fair- 
lamb  and  of  Merino.  Mr.  Stearly  also  lives  there, 
and  Mr.  Vension  ("  venison  1 "). 

Mr.  Brouse  lives  at  Prescott,  C.W.  ;   and  this  is 

*  Barker  means  "  tanner." 


NAMES  DERIVED  FROM  ANIMALS.        109 

a  common  name  at  Iroquois,  C.E.  Horsey  is  a 
common  name  at  Kingston,  C. W.  Mr.  Ram  lives 
at  Tavistock,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Mutton,  at  Toronto;  Mr. 
Lambkins,  at  Jordan,  C.W.,  and  at  Eiceville,  C.E. ; 
Mr.  Mink,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ;  also  Mr.  Midcalf. 
Mr.  Cattell  lives  at  St.  Helen's  Island,  C.E. ;  Mr. 
Cowthred,  at  Fort  Erie,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Brindle,  at 
Quebec;  Mr.  Terrier,  at  St.  Sylvester,  C.E. ;  Mr. 
Pointer,  at  Churchville,  C.W.,  and  also  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  Mr.  Pussey,  at  Quebec ;  Mr.  Kitty,  at  Dun- 
gannon,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Catesmole,  at  Port  Dover,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Cattermole,  at  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Moles,  at 
Quebec  ;  Mr.  Ratford,  at  Stirling,  C.W. ;  and  Mr. 
Batte,  at  Henryville,  C.W.  Mr.  Buckey  lives  at 
Montreal;  also  Messrs.  Hird,  Marmet,  Tiger,  and 
Squirrel,  —  these  latter  being  unique  specimens. 

Mr.  Earratt,  in  the  London  Directory  of  1858, 
has  a  name  suggestive  of  a  snug  residence ;  and  Mr. 
Lambshead,  of  that  city,  has  a  decidedly  sheepish 
name.  Of  their  townsmen,  Mr.  De  Porquet  would 
seem  to  be  an  aristocratic  derivative  from  hog  ;  while 
Mr.  Cudd  represents  the  ruminating  animals. 

Wolfe,  the  hero  of  Quebec,  was  by  no  means  of  a 
savage  temper.  The  monument  erected  jointly  to 
him,  and  his  rival  Montcalm,  has  an  inscription 
worthy  of  Tacitus :  "Mortem  communem  virtus,  famam 
historia,  monumentum posteritas  dedit"*     Mr.  Roebuck 

*  "  Their  courage  gave  them  a  common  death ;  history  gives  them  a  common 
fame;  posterity,  a  common  monument." 


110  NAMES    DERIVED    FROM    ANIMALS. 

is  a  distinguished  member  of  Parliament.     Sir  John 
Flock  accompanied  Charles  II.  in  his  exile. 

In  Salem  there  lives  a  Mr.  Bever.  Miss  Beaver, 
of  Oxford,  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers  ;  and 
Rev.  James  "Beaver  subscribed  for  Chauchard's 
maps.  There  are  seven  families  of  Beaver  in  Phi- 
ladelphia. This  name  is  also  found  in  New  York ; 
where  likewise  live  Mr.  Chuck  and  Mr.  Otter.  The 
firm  of  Beeves,  Buck,  and  Co.  failed  in  Philadelphia, 
in  September,  1857.  Ashmole  was  a  distinguished 
English  antiquary ;  and  Bos,  a  well-known  philologist. 
Ramsden  was  a  distinguished  optician.  The  Orsini 
were  a  princely  family  of  Italy.  There  was  a  Ho  man 
family  of  Catulus  (a  "  whelp  "  or  "  puppy  ").  There 
is,  in  Germany,  a  family  of  Katzenellenbogen,  or 
Cats'  elbows,  as  it  is  jocosely  translated.  We  have 
Hayward  (i.e.,  "  keeper  of  cattle").  Mr.  Bull 
owned  a  wharf  at  the  foot  of  Summer  Street, 
the  subject  of  a  recent  lawsuit.  Ole  Bull  is  the 
great  violinist  of  the  world.  The  fabulous  Griffin 
has  a  real  existence  among  us.  There  are  no  less 
than  a  hundred  and  seven  Griffin8  in  New  York. 
The  Ass  seems  to  have  been  overlooked.  Wiaida 
mentions  Assman  ;  and  I  find,  in  Philadelphia,  Mr. 
Wryass  and  Mr.  Brayman.  Braman  is  a  common 
name  with  us.  In  New  York  live  families  of  Curr, 
Fido,  Pugley,  Bich,  Bitch,  Welp,  Whelpley, 
Whelps,  Lechat,  Catlet  (i.e.,  "kitten"),  Kitts, 
Mewhir,  Coon,  Cooney,  Coons,  Flock,  Herd,  Fold, 


names  derived  from  animals.  ill 

Kine,  Wolfson,  Lepard,  Naggs,  Oxx,  Lamm,  Lam- 
kins,  Kidd,  Does,  Stagg,  Staggs,  &c. 

Families  of  Tiger,  Stallion,  Steed,  Mare,  Cow, 
Kid,  Mutton,  Pointer,  Poodle,  Pupp,  Rabbit,  Rat, 
Mouse,    Otter,   Heifer,   Ram,  Baa,  are   found   in 
England.     Lieut.  Kid,  a  gallant  British  officer,  fell 
in  the  assault  on  the  Redan ;  and  Samuel  Goodram 
was  also  killed  before  Sebastopol.     Kidd  is  a  very 
common  name  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  and  there  are  eight 
families  of  it  in  Philadelphia,  where  are  also  found 
Ram  and  Ramm.     Mr.  Thomas  Mole,  of  Liverpool,  is 
on  one  of  my  subscription-lists ;  also  Rev.  Dr.  Bur- 
row and  Mr.  Snare.     Mr.  Snare  also  lives  in  New 
York.     Three  families  of  Snare  are  found  in  Phila- 
delphia ;  and  Mr.  Snarey  lives  at  Woodstock,  C.W. 
There  is  an  English  publication  by  Mr.  Trapp  in 
1647,  and  by  Mr.  Mole  in  1732.     Both  Mr.  Otter 
and  Mr.  Mole  live  in  Philadelphia ;  also  Mr.  Trapp. 
"Lectures  on  Poetry,"  by  Joseph  Trapp,  D.D.,  ap- 
pears in  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.     Mr.  Trap- 
man    is   consul    for    Hamburg    at   Charleston,   S.C. 
Hinde's  Life  of  Bruin  (1641)  was  published  by  Cod- 
dington  in  1799,  being  an  odd  conjunction  of  the 
names  of  two  animals.     Mr.  Conybeare,  a  modern 
English  writer,  unites  two  animals  in  one  surname. 
Bishop  Conybeare's  "  Sermons "   is  a  work  recom- 
mended by  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.     In  New 
York  I  find  Mr.  Wolfram.     Mr.  Yoakum  has  pub- 
lished a  history  of  Texas.     A  Mr.  Yokom  lives  at 


112  NAMES    DERIVED    FROM    ANIMALS. 

Peterborough,  C.W. ;  and  the  postmaster  of  Wain- 
fleet  Centre,  C.W.,  is  named  Yokem.  In  Philadelphia 
I  find  families  of  Yocom  and  Yocum.  Mr.  Prey  lives  at 
Alburg,  Vt. ;  Mr.  Buckmaster,  at  Mount  Holly,  Yt. ; 
and  a  Mr.  Hind,  at  Letter  D,  Me.  Herder  is  a 
German  classic  ;  and  that  name  is  found  in  Lon- 
don, C.W. 


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CHAPTER    XIV. 

NAMES      FROM      BIRDS. 

Birds  and  fowls  are  well  represented,  in  the  aggre- 
gate, by  Bird,  Birdsall,  Avis  (Latin  for  "  bird "), 
Vogel  (German  for  "  bird  "),  also  Fogel  and  Fogell, 
Fowle,  and  in  the  different  branches  of  Robin,  Ro- 
bins,    ROBBINS,     LlNNETT,    GANNETT,     QUAIL,    QuAYL, 

Finch,  Bulfinch,  Canary,  Dawes,  Craine,  Crane, 
Grew  ("  a  crane  "),  Grouse,  Chicken,  Chickey, 
Chick,  Schwab,  Giese,  Goose  and  Gosling  (before 
alluded  to),  Blackbird,  Brownbill,  Partridge,  Par- 
rott,  Parrotts,  Duck,  Drake,  Corlew,  Curlew, 
Bunting,  Coote,  Coots,  Pidgeon,  Pigeon,  Pidgin, 
Dove,  Wren,  and  Titt  ;  also  Peep,  Teal,  Teel, 
Teele,  Geyer  (the  German  for  "  vulture "),  Hauk, 
Hawks,  Sparhawk,  Sparrow,  Howlett,  Buzzard, 
Pecker,  Martin,  Swallow,  Crowe,  Crow,  Kroes, 
Rook,  Corbett  (t.  e.,  "  raven  "),  Storke  (L.  41,  f.  291), 
Starlings  (1681),  Starling  ;  likewise  Hern  (L.  694, 
f.  261),  Herron,  Henshaw  (i.  e.,  a  "young  heron"), 
Nightingale,  Swan,  Capron.  Edward  Daw  re- 
volted on  board  a  Boston  ship,  in  April,  1857;  and 
Mr.  Dawson  was  a  gunner  in  our  navy  in  1849. 
John  Croe  signed  his  name  so  in  1655. 

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114 


NAMES    FROM    BIRDS. 


We  have  Hahn  (the  German  for  "  cock  "),  Cock- 
rel  (L.  36,  f.  247),  Cocks,  Cox,  Cock,  Peacock, 
Tancock  (died  1855),  Moorcock,  Woodcock,  and  all 
the  various  compounds  of  Cock  ;  as  All,  Bab,  Bad, 
Han,  Hand,  His,  Hitch,  More  (L.  40,  f.  97),  Shill, 
Po,  &a,  —  which  compounds,  however,  are  not  sup- 
posed to  be  really  derived  from  that  bird,  but,  in  some 
cases,  from  Coque  ("  a  cook  ") ;  while,  in  others,  it  is 
used  as  an  affectionate  diminutive.  Hedgecock's 
quadrant  has  made  a  stir  in  the  world  of  science, 
second  only  to  that  of  the  discovery  of  the  quadra- 
ture of  the  circle  some  years  since.*  Dr.  Locock  is 
physician  to  Queen  Victoria.  Mr.  Hecock  (the  "  he  " 
seems  to  be  superfluous)  was  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1802.  Mr.  Glasscock,  of  Missouri,  manumitted  his 
slaves  by  will  in  1857.  Sir  Isaac  Pococke  sub- 
scribed for  Chauchard's  maps ;  and  our  Mr.  Pococke 
was  sent  to  England  in  1648.  Rev.  Mr.  Leacock 
died  a  missionary  in  Africa.  In  the  New- York  Direc- 
tory I  find  Adcock,  Daycock,  and  Heacock.  Mr. 
Laycock  lives  at  Embro,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Lacock,  at 
Richmond,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Maycock,  at  Sandwich,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Willcock,  at  Toronto,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Wilcock,  at 
Philadelphia,  where  I  also  find  Messrs.  Alcock,  Ler- 
cock,  and  Veacock.  Mr.  Colcock  was  a  West-Point 
graduate.     Treblecock  is  a  very  common  name  in 


*  A  petition  for  a  reward  for  this  discovery  was  repeatedly  presented  to  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature ;  and  was  once  even  referred  to  a  committee,  who  gravely 
consulted  my  late  father,  Dr.  Bowditch. 


NAMES    FROM    BIRDS.  115 

Canada,  as  at  London  and  Norway,  C.W.  It  is  spelt 
Triblecock  at  New  Ireland,  C.E.,  and  Trebilcock  at 
Toronto.  Mr.  Luckcock  had  the  bad  luck  to  be  an 
officer  of  that  mismanaged  institution,  the  Birming- 
ham Jail,  the  groundwork  of  Reade's  "  Never  Too 
Late  to  Mend."  Mr.  Samuel  Slocock  was  a  sub- 
scriber to  Jones's  "Miscellanies."  Mr.  Bocock  is  a 
member  of  Congress  from  Virginia,  as  is  also  Mr. 
Cockerill  from  Ohio.  A  graduate  of  Harvard  is 
named  Henry  Clay  Cockerell.  The  most  distin- 
guished Protestant  preacher  of  France  is  M.  Coque- 
rel.  Rev.  Dr.  Coxed  ("  cock's  head "),  warden  of 
Winchester  College,  subscribed  for  ten  copies  of 
Jones's  "  Miscellanies."  There  was  a  Roman  family 
of  Gallus  ("a  cock").  Our  Mr.  Crowin,  as  if 
assured  of  victory,  brought  a  suit  in  August,  1857. 
We  have  also  Callow,  Henville,  Henfield,  Henny, 
Henns  (L.  407,  f.  6),  Hatchman,  Hatch,  Covey, 
Brude,  Coop,  Coops,  Pippy,  and  Pippey.  Mr.  Henn 
lives  in  New  Britain,  Conn.  (1858). 

We  have  Gladwing  (1629).  Mr.  Gull  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  (1673).  The  Batt  family  owned 
very  valuable  real  estates  in  Boston.  This  name  is 
also  found  in  Port  Stanley,  C.W.,  and  at  Toronto. 
Mr.  Batman  lives  at  London,  C.W. ;  and  that  name 
is  found  among  the  West-Point  graduates.  Mr. 
Crumpecker  is  a  stable-keeper  at  Lynchburg,  Va. 
John  Quails  was  a  pupil  at  Groton  Academy. 
Among  the  distinguished  persons  who  attended  the 


116  NAMES    FROM    BIRDS. 

funeral  of  Douglas  Jerrold  was  Mr.  Augustus  Egg. 
There  are  two  families  of  Egg  in  Philadelphia ;  and 
Mr.  Eggs  lives  in  New  York.  Sir  Christopher  Wren 
has  left  behind  him  the  noblest  monument  in  London. 
In  the  churchyard  of  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  the 
Apostle,  Canterbury,  is  a  monument  to  John  Cuckow, 
who  died  1760.  Among  the  admirals  of  England  are 
Drake  and  Hawke,  and  Sir  George  Rooke.  With 
the  first  of  these  Queen  Elizabeth  is  playfully  asso- 
ciated, in  the  lines,  — 

"  Oh,  give  us,  for  our  Icings,  such  queens, 
And,  for  our  dux,  such  drakes  !  " 

Mr.  Grosbeck  is  a  member  of  Congress  from  Ohio  ; 
and  Mr.  Wattles  is  a  graduate  of  Yale,  as  is  also  Mr. 
Heron.  Miss  Matilda  Heron  is  a  popular  actress 
among  us.  Hahnemann  was  the  father  of  Homoeo- 
pathy. Eulenspiegel  (German  for  "  owl's  looking- 
glass  "),  born  1350,  is  as  popular  in  the  traditions  of 
Germany  as  Robin  Hood  is  in  England.  The  great 
Roman  name  of  Gracchus  means  merely  a  "jackdaw." 
Among  Miss  Jones's  subscribers  are  Mrs.  Cage,  Miss 
Dove,  Mr.  Finch,  Miss  Parrot,  Mr.  Sparrow,  Rev. 
Mr.  Corbett,  Christopher  Crowe,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Gos- 
ling, Mr.  Martyn,  Miss  Martin,  &c.  Mr.  Feather- 
hoff,  of  Pennsylvania,  failed  in  September,  1857. 
Mr.  Hatcher  was  in  the  engineer-corps  of  the  -U.  S. 
navy  in  1849.  In  the  New-York  Directory  I  find 
Brood,  Beak,  Beakman,  Brant,  Bustard,  Duckman, 


names  from  birds.  117 

Drakeman,  Daw,  Dawson,  Jaycock,  Jaycox,  Lark, 
Raven,  Ravenhill,  three  families  of  Starling, 
Storck,  Stork,  Thrush,  Titt,  Tittman,  Walduck 
and  Waldvogel  (or  "  bird  of  the  woods  "),  Covey, 
Gullman,  Hen,  Henn,  Grouse,  &c.  Mandrake 
perhaps  belongs  here  rather  than  among  the  vegeta- 
bles. Strange  to  say,  I  do  not  find  in  Boston  a 
single  specimen  of  the  most  glorious  bird  of  all,  — 
our  own  national  emblem,  —  the  Eagle.  Mrs.  Mary 
Eagles,  however,  died  at  Roxbury,  March  31,  1857  ; 
and  we  have  Eagleson.  There  are  seven  families  of 
Eagle  in  the  New- York  Directory :  it  is  also  found  at 
Ottowa,  C.W.,  Yorkville,  C.W.,  and  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Egle,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  is  one  of  Agassiz'  subscribers. 
Mr.  Heagle  lives  at  Stirling,  C.W.  Of  the  hymns  used 
in  our  churches,  one  is  written  by  Josiah  Conder. 
The  Jays  prefer  New  York ;  though  one  has  got  to 
Montreal.  The  Phcsnix  has  arisen  from  its  ashes, 
and  moves  about  among  us :  it  is,  indeed,  a  graduate 
of  Harvard.  England  has  its  families  of  Dearbird, 
Fowls,  Linnet,  Cuckoo,  Coote,  Gull,  Rook,  Stork, 
Thrush,  &c.  ;  and  among  the  subscribers  to  the 
Macklin  Bible  are  Col.  Cockerell,  and  John  Crewe, 
Esq.  Duck's  Poems  were  published  in  1764.  France 
has  its  Mdlle.  Falcon.  Mr.  Falcon  lives  at  St. 
Jaques  Le  Mineur,  C.W.  Mr.  Pippy  is  an  editor  at 
Woburn.  Mr.  Pippe  lives  at  Matane,  C.E.  Mr. 
Ouellett  lives  at  Madawaska,  Me.  Gen.  Storks  was 
an  English  officer  in  the  late  Russian  war.     At  St. 


118  ,  NAMES    FROM    BIRDS. 

Edmund's,  Salisbury,  is  a  monument  to  Richard 
Rook  (died  1779).  The  note  of  the  Nightingale 
charms  the  ear  of  the  Englishman  ;  and  that  name  is 
dear  to  his  heart. 

Duck  is  a  very  common  name  at  Chatham,  C.W. 
The  collector  at  Morpeth  has  that  name.  Lark  is 
found  at  Coatacook,  C.E.,  and  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ; 
Larke,  at  Chatham,  C.W.  ;  and  Larkworthy,  at 
Kastner,  C.W.  Mr.  Rain  bird  lives  at  Coldwater, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Capon,  at  Cookstown,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Stork, 
at  Brampton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Storks,  at  St.  Catherine's, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Thrush,  at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Coot,  at  Lon- 
don, C.W. ;  Mr.  Graybill,  at  New  Dundee,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Blackbird,  at  Toronto;  Mr.  Birdsell,  at  Farmers- 
ville,  C.W.  Mr.  Owler  and  Mr.  Brant  live  in  Mon- 
treal ;  Mr.  Owley,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Houlet, 
at  Quebec ;  Mr.  Herron,  at  Streetville,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Bustard,  Chick- 
ling, Coot,  Coots,  and  Dau  ;  also  four  families  of 
Stork,  three  of  Wallraven,  and  five  of  Feather. 
Mr.  Martin  dale  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point. 


119 


CHAPTER    XV. 

NAMES   FROM  FISHES,  INSECTS,   REPTILES,   &c;   AND    OTHER 
DISAGREEABLE   NAMES. 

Turning  to  the  department  of  fishes,  we  find  the 
names  of  Fish,  Fisher,  Fishers,  Fishley,  Bodfish 
("  bad  fish  ?  "),  Weir,  Wier,  Hook,  Bate,  Bateman, 
and  Bates  ;  Sholes,  Dolfin,  Thrasher,  Sharkly, 
Sharkey,  Skates,  Scates,  Eels,  Eeles,  Eelles, 
Conger,  Salmon,  Skimmer,  Schad,  Hake,  Bass, 
Cody,  Codley,  Codwise,  Codding,  and  Codman  ;  also 
Pike,  Roach,  Rotch,  Breams  (L.  94,  f.  272),  Place, 
Plaice,  Whiting,  Herring,  Turbat  (1653),  Mul- 
lett,  Mullet,  Ray,  Smelt  (L.  91,  f.  177),  Lamprey, 
Pollock,  Haddock,  Trout,  Troutbeck,  and  Roe  ; 
also  Turtell.  Mr.  Whale  lives  in  Toronto,  C.W. ; 
and  a  Philemon  Whale  appears  in  our  Colonial 
Records  in  1656,  with  a  signature  as  large  as  life. 
On  July  22,  1857,  Thomas  Sculpin  was  fined  five 
dollars  for  a  criminal  appropriation  of  another's  chat- 
tels. A  sculpin  is  a  worthless  and  greedy  fish,  with 
a  huge  mouth.  In  this  case,  the  man  is  named  for 
the  fish  :  on  the  other  hand,  the  fish  known  as 
John   Dory  is   said   to  have  been  so  called  from  its 


120  NAMES    FROM    FISHES. 

supposed  resemblance  to  a  person  of  that  name. 
England  has  its  Lamprey  and  Sprat  ;  also  Turbet, 
Chub,  Chubb,  Chubbe,  Par,  Parr,  Gilly,  Gillies, 
Turtle,  &c.  Mr.  Sturgeon  received  a  degree  at 
Yale  in  1745  ;  and  Mr.  Sturgeon,  of  St.  Louis,  sub- 
scribed for  Agassiz'  works.  Thomas  W.  Sturgeon, 
Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  Dr.  Eayles, 
of  England,  has  lately  died.  Dr.  Sprat  was  formerly 
Bishop  of  Rochester.  Sprat's  "  History  of  the 
Royal  Society  "  is  on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773. 
A  Mr.  Spratt  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Shadwell 
was  an  English  dramatist.  Miss  Shad  was  the  de- 
serving stewardess  of  the  ill-fated  "  Empire  State ;  " 
and  six  families  of  Shadd  live  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Chatfish  ("  cat-fish ! ")  made  a  deed  (L.  702,  f.  211). 
Mr.  Pollock  is  Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  Sir  Fre- 
derick T.  Pollock  is  Chief  Baron  of  the  English 
Court  of  Exchequer.  Miss  Pyke  subscribed  for  Miss 
Jones's  work  ;  as  did  also  Mr.  Shard,  Rev.  Mr.  Tench, 
and  Miss  Shelley.  Carp  itself  I  do  not  find;  but 
Polycarp  was  one  of  the  ancient  Christian  martyrs. 
In  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773  is  "  Ray  (John), 
all  his  works."  One  of  the  most  distinguished  French 
mathematicians  is  M.  Poisson  (French  for  "  fish "). 
Edward  Codd  subscribed  for  Ackerman's  "  History 
of  Oxford,  &c."  In  New  York  are  found  families  of 
Crabs,  Craw,  Cuskly,  Haik,  Lampry,  Sturgeon, 
Trout,  Troutt,  Smelt,  Whale,  Whales,  Whaley, 
and  Wale.     In  Philadelphia  I  find  three  families  of 


NAMES    FROM    FISHES.  121 

Dolphin,  nine  of  Flounders,  four  of  Sturgeon,  and 
a  Mr.  Dace  ;  also  Mr.  Oyster  and  Mr.  Shellem. 
A  Mr.  Codd  lives  at  Addison,  C.W. ;  also  at  Kings- 
ton, C.W.,  &c.  ;  Mr.  Shadd,  at  Chatham,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Sturgeon,  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Sharky,  at 
Kingston,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hayck,  at  Spencer's  Mills,  C,W. ; 
and  Mr.  Fysh,  at  London,  C.W.  Concha,  the  name 
of  the  Governor-General  of  Cuba,  is  the  Latin  for 
"  shell."  There  was  a  Roman  family  of  Lamia  (a 
kind  of  flat-fish). 

Mr.  Finny  lives  at  Monkton,  Vt.  Our  Mr.  Gil- 
feather  partakes  equally  of  the  fish  and  bird.  Mr. 
Borrowscale  is  satisfied  with  the  permanent  loan  of 
part  of  a  fish.  We  have  Gilman.  Mr.  Cowgill,  a 
judge  in  Indiana,  prefers  a  union  of  fish  and  animal. 
Mr.  Sheldrake,  of  Bolton,  C.W.,  unites  fish  and 
bird.  Our  Mr.  Chubbuck  (married  January,  1858) 
unites  fish  and  flesh.  Mr.  Scales  was  killed  July  4, 
1857.  Mr.  Birdseye,  of  Derby,  Conn.,  perhaps  be- 
longs to  the  department  of  woods.  Mr.  Shelmire, 
of  Philadelphia,  failed  in  October,  1857.  Mr.  Shel- 
ley,  the  well-known  writer,  seems  to  embody  the 
genus  Crustacea.  What  lawyer  has  not  heard  of 
the  rule  in  Shelley's  case]  Mr.  Shelhammer  is 
party  to  a  deed  in  L.  689.  John  Mussel  was 
whipped  (1641).  We  have  Shrimpton,  Cockle, 
Shell,  Schell,  Krebs  (i.e.,  "a  crab  ").  Crabbe,  the 
poet,  has  a  namesake,  —  the  author  of  the  standard 
work  on  English  Synonymes.      One  of  the  United- 

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122  DISAGREEABLE    NAMES. 

States  master  commandants  in  1839  was  Mr.  Crabb. 
Perhaps  Crabb  should  have  been  inserted  among 
names  derived  from  mental  qualities.  There  has 
been  more  than  one  English  writer  named  Roe  ;  and 
Salmon's  works  were  published  in  1748.  Mr.  George 
Seal  made  a  deed  (L.  125,  f.  234).  The  Codman 
family  must  regard  it  as  a  gratifying  coincidence,  that 
the  great  Persian  monarch  Darius  is  known  in  history 
as  Darius  Codomanus. 

Some  of  our  fellow-citizens  are  even  contented  to 
bear  the  names  of  Cheyne,  Chyne,  Kohr,  Marrow 
(L.  86),  Spleen,  Kidney,  Horn,  Langhorne,  White- 
horn  (L.  38,  f.  21),  Sides,  Joint,  Hide,  Hides 
(1649);  also  Talon,  Haslett,  Hazlett,  Withers, 
Vanderhoof,  Hoofman,  Gutting,  and  Gutman.  Mrs. 
Bone  appears  in  the  Directory  of  1857.  Mr.  Cart- 
lidge  made  a  deed  (L.  707,  f.  157) ;  and  Mr.  Wattle, 
in  L.  41,  f.  253.  Thomas  Caule  was  licensed  as  a 
victualler  in  1645.  Henry  Antler,  of  New  York, 
failed  in  August,  1857.  I  find,  in  that  city,  families 
of  Brissel,  Clawson,  Sinew,  Paus,  Rumpf,  and 
Rumpp.  Ramshorn's  Latin  Synonymes  was  trans- 
lated and  published  in  Boston  in  1856.  Mr.  White- 
horne  was  a  West-Point  graduate.  Dr.  Gall  was 
a  distinguished  phrenologist;  and  a  Mr.  Gall  lives 
in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Gills  lives  at  Rockport,  Me. 
Who  does  not*  involuntarily  pity  Messrs.  Spittle, 
Tainter,  and  Pest?  We  have  Crease,  Creasy, 
Lees,  and  Skimmings.     Mr.  Fogo  arrived  here  in  a 


DISAGREEABLE    NAMES.  123 

Cunard  steamer,  November,  1857.  Rev.  Mr.  Smellia 
lives  at  Fergus,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Stinchman  and  Miss 
Stank,  at  Philadelphia.  There  are  English  families 
of  Tripe  and  Rotten.  Thus  a  writer,  giving  an 
account  of  the  massacre  at  Delhi  (1857),  says,  "Mr. 
Rotton  and  I  buried  thirty-one  bodies."  Here  the 
name  is  appropriate  to  the  act  performed.  Our  Mr. 
Rotte  died  in  1839.  In  New  York  I  find  Rott, 
Rotty,  Rottman,  Spittel,  and  Spittle.  Mr.  Caul 
lives  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Brawn,  at  London, 
C.W. ;  also  Mr.  Crock;  Mr.  Chine,  at  Toronto,  C.W. 
Kidney  is  a  common  name  in  that  city,  and  is  found 
elsewhere  in  Canada.  In  Philadelphia  are  families 
of  Joynt,  Rump,  Rumpp,  Artery,  and  Urin.  In  our 
Directory  of  1841  are  the  names  of  Tripe  and  Stench- 
field.  Mr.  Stinchfield  is  a  very  common  name  in 
New  England  :  it  is  borne  by  three  clergymen.  Mr. 
Faulwasser  (German  for  "  dish-water,"  or  "  foul 
water")  was  married  in  Boston  in  June,  1857.  One 
of  the  defendants  in  a  suit  now  pending  is  Mr.  Fore- 
paugh,  and  another  is  Mr.  Wart.  Mr.  Worts 
appears  in  the  Directory  for  1857.  We  have  also 
Rev.  Mr.  Rumpff  and  Dr.  Braun.  Gen.  Wool 
belongs  to  the  United-States  army.  There  are 
English  publications  by  Mr.  Beek  in  1692,  and  Mr. 
Beeke  in  1737.  Mr.  Talon  wrote  in  England  in 
1653.  Mr.  Featherson  was  boatswain  in  our  navy 
in  1849.  Mr.  Featherhoff,  of  Pennsylvania,  failed  in 
September,  1857. 


124  NAMES    FROM    INSECTS. 

Insects  are  represented  by  Messrs.  Bease,  Beeman, 
Bebee,  Beebe,  Weatherbee,  Witherbee,  Applebee, 
Leatherbee,  Hornett,  Hornet,  Beetle,  Fly,  Flye, 
Cricket,  Emmet  (L.  182),  Buggey,  Bugden  (L.  537), 
Wormley,  and  Grubb.  This  last  name  appears  in  a 
softened  form,  as  Grube,  among  the  graduates  of 
Yale ;  and  Mr.  Grub  lives  in  New  York.  Mr.  Ant- 
cliff  appears  in  our  Directory  of  1857.  We  find 
Mr.  Beebee  in  Paulet,  Vt.  Mr.  Somerbee  gathers 
his  honey  from  the  law.  Mr.  Bee  dwells  in  Stowe, 
Vt.  Another  Bee  was  surgeon  in  our  navy  in  1849; 
and  that  name  is  found  in  New  York.  Mr.  Bugbee 
goes  strongly  into  this  line.  Miss  Mabee  died  in 
Roxbury,  April,  1857 ;  and  a  Mr.  Maybee  lives  in 
Codington,  C.W.  Among  the  graduates  of  West 
Point  are  Whedbee  and  Mr.  B.  E.  Bee.  "  Foote's 
Dramatic  Works,"  by  John  Bee,  appeared  in  Lon- 
don, 1830.  Messrs.  Bea,  Weavill,  and  Stemfly 
all  live  in  Philadelphia  ;  where  are  also  two 
families  of  Bugless,  and  four  of  Buggy  ;  and,  at 
Toronto,  I  find  Bugg,  Buggs,  and  Buggy.  We  have 
Bugg's  Tracts  against  the  Quakers  in  1698.  Our 
Mrs.  Sluggett  stands  alone.  We  have  Mr.  Cobb  and 
Mr.  Webb,  but  not  the  two  united.  The  families  of 
Spider,  Moth,  Nat,  Wasp,  Magot,  &c,  remain  in 
England.  One  Natt  was  plaintiff  in  a  suit  reported 
3  Mo.  Rep.  404.  In  our  records  (L.  18,  f.  261)  is  a 
deed  from  Mr.  Robert  Flea.  Mr.  Fleeman  lives  at 
East  Wilton,  N.H.     A  London  edition  of  the  "  Vicar 


NAMES    FROM    INSECTS,    REPTILES,    ETC.  125 

of  Wakefield  "  was  printed  in  1843  by  Fley.  The 
newspapers  of  May,  1857,  mention  that  Aaron  Bed- 
bug, of  Montgomery  County,  Ky.,  proposes  to  change 
his  name.  Mr.  Wirm  is  found  in  Middleton,  Vt. ; 
Mr.  Wurm,  at  Trumbull,  Conn.,  and  also  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Wormstall  was  a  colonist  in  1653.  Sir 
Richard  Worme  lies  buried  in  Peterborough  Cathe- 
dral. We  have  Worms.  New  York  gave  a  home  to 
the  noble  Irish  exile,  —  Emmett. 

Reptiles  have  never  been  favorites,  from  the  serpent 
of  old  to  "  the  ugly  and  venomous  toad ;  "  and  few  of 
our  names  are  derived  from  this  source.  We  have, 
however,  Leech,  Blackleach,  and  Adderly  ;  and 
Mr.  Adino  Paddock  will  be  remembered  among  us 
as  long  as  the  trees  shall  flourish  which  he  planted  by 
the  Granary  Burying-Ground.  We  have  Nute  and 
Newts  ;  and  in  England  is  found  a  family  of  Black- 
adder.  We  have  Bott;  and  the  Hon.  J.  M.  Botts 
is  one  of  the  most  distinguished  statesmen  of  Vir- 
ginia. 

Two  families  of  Black  adder  live  in  Montreal ;  Mr. 
Snake,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Dragon,  at  Freilighs- 
burg,  C.E. ;  and  Mr.  Toad,  at  Philadelphia. 

Dane's  "^Abridgment "  cites  law-cases  of  Messrs. 
Mutton,  Steed,  Tabb,  Mouse,  Cud,  Storke,  Crop, 
Feathers,  and  Mussel,  and  a  suit  of  Adderly  versus 
Sparrow. 

The  Bible  informs  us  that  man  originally  gave  to 
the  beasts  of  the  field  and  the  fowls  of  the  air  their 


126  A    DEBT    PAID. 

names.  *  The  debt  has  certainly  been  repaid  in  these 
later  times :  they  have  given  to  man  all  their  names 
back  again. 

*  Gen.  ii.  20:  "And  Adam  gave  names  to  all  cattle,  and  to  the  fowl  of  the  air, 
and  to  every  beast  of  the  field." 


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CHAPTER  XVI. 

NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE. 

The  face  of  nature  has  been  ransacked  for  names. 
We  have  Gee  (Greek  for  "  earth  ")  ;  and  Mr.  Terra 
(Latin  for  "  earth  ")  died  in  1853.  We  have  Highland, 
Hiland,  Hyland,  Hight,  Heitz,  Hill,  Greenhill 
(L.  36,  f.  194,  and  in  1656),  Hilly,  Hills,  Hillyard, 
Hilliard,  Hillard,  Hilbourn,  Hilborn,  Rock,  Peak, 
Peake,  Peaks,  Craig,  Craigie,  Cragg,  Mountain, 
Mount,  Berg  (the  German  for  "  mountain "),  Ridg- 
way,  Ridge  (1632),  Shortridge  (1671),  Cliff,  Cut- 
cliff,  Clift,  Rock,  Stone,  Huddleston,  Masse, 
Massy,  Rockwood,  Hubbell,  Bigwood,  Underhill, 
Underwood,  Knowles,  Croft,  Vale,  Vail,  Wood- 
side,  Woodburn,  Dell,  Ramsdell,  Dale,  Moulds- 
dale,  Archdale,  Littledale,  Hayden,  Dryden, 
Denne,  Pentland,  Borland  (*.  e.,  "  Boarland  "), 
CouLAND  (1659),  Wayland,  Weinland,  Woodland 
(L.  588,  f.  32),  Sweetland,  Shankland,  Glen,  Glenn, 
Vallee,  Level,  Bower,  Bowers,  Acres,  Hoaker, 
Desert,  Close,  and  Ager  ("  a  field  "),  (Mr.  Close 
lives  at  Calais,  Me. ;  Mr.  Glens  lives  at  Salisbury, 
Conn.)  ;     Field,    with    its    compounds,    Moorfield, 


128         names  from  the  face  of  nature. 

Greenfield  (1644),  Bayfield,  Bloomfield,  Brom- 
field,  Mansfield,  Marshfield  (1640),  Widdifield 
("wide   field"),  Winefield,  Wakefield,  Layfield, 

BUTTERFIELD,     LlTTLEFIELD,    MeRRIFIELD,    FAIRFIELD, 

Barnfield,  &c.  ;  Fields,  Fieldy,  Platt,  Groves, 
Lee,  Bentley,  Longley,  Bradley,  Brickley,  Hirst, 
Wheatland,  Hedgeland  (Lib.  381),  Shaw,  Brad- 
shaw,  Orchard  ;  Park,  Parks,  and  its  compounds, 
Parker,  Parkhurst,  Parkman,  &c.  ;  Garden,  Bon- 
garten,  Downs,  Pebbles,  Heath,  Moor,  Moorhead, 
Muirhead,  Mum,  Mead,  Meads,  Ashmead,  Mea- 
dow,  Moras,  Boggs,  Bogg,  Bogman,  Moat,  Dyke, 
Dike,  Dikes,  Dykes,  Dam,  Marsh,  Whitmarsh 
(i.e.,  "white  marsh"),  Clay,  Clays,  Barclay  (i.e., 
"  bare  clay "),  Marl,  Peat,  Peet,  Peets,  Fenn, 
Reedy,  Sedgwick,  Sedgley,  Sedgely,  Reil,  Mudd, 
Myer,  Myers,  &c. 

Hon.  Mr.  Barkdale's  wig  on  the  floor  of  Congress 
will  be  an  object  of  historic  interest  to  our  children's 
children. 

Mr.  Grove  lives  at  East  Abington.  Mr.  Cole- 
grove  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  England  has  its 
Littlewood  and  Wheatcroft.  Meadowcraft  (i.e., 
"  meadow-croft ")  lives  in  North  Andover.  Mr. 
Grandfield  made  a  deed  in  Essex  County.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Woodifield  arrived  here  from  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  December,  1857.  Barnfield's  Poems  were 
published  in  London  in  1818.  We  have  Bloom- 
field's  Poems  and    Bloomfield's  Greek    Testament. 


NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE.      129 

Lieut-Gen.  Grinfield  subscribed  for  Chauchard's 
maps ;  as  did  also  Mr.  Heather,  and  Hon.  Capt. 
Wingfield  of  the  Coldstream  Guards.  C.  J.  Stub- 
blefield  is  Attorney  of  the  Thirteenth  Circuit  Court 
of  Tennessee  (1857).  Ann  Oldfield  was  a  celebrated 
English  actress. 

Sir  Henry  Frankland  owned  a  splendid  mansion 
in  Boston  a  hundred  years  ago ;  and  that  name  is 
found  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Buckland  is  an  eminent 
geologist.  In  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773  is 
"  Waterland,  D.D.,  all  his  Works,  —  six  vols.  4to." 
William  Middleditch,  Sergeant-Major  of  the  Grena- 
dier Guards,  died  in  the  year  1834.  There  is, 
in  New  Jersey,  a  Mr.  Middleditch  ;  and  that  name  is 
found  at  St.  Mary's,  C.W.  J.  B.  Gardenhire  is  At- 
torney of  the  First  Circuit  in  Missouri.  The  Chief 
Justice  of  Texas  is  named  Hemphill.  Blooming- 
dale  is  found  in  New  York,  both  as  a  name  and  a 
place.  In  that  city  are  also  found  families  of  Glade, 
Plains,  Plaines,  Plateaux,  Winfield,  Wingrove. 
Mr.  Lacus  ("  a  marsh  ")  lives  in  New  York ;  as  do 
also  families  of  Landsdown,  Laun,  Lawny,  one  single 
Lea,  Longbotham,  Sidebottom,  Martindale,  Sand, 
Sandland,  Stones,  Stoney,  Stoneall,  Rocker, 
Rockefeller,  Rocks,  Peack,  and  Pebble.  In  the 
Tennessee  Senate  (November,  1857),  Mr.  Good- 
pasture presented  a  memorial  from  the  citizens  of 
Scott  County.  England  has  its  Gladstone,  and  New 
York  its  Livingstone,  —  varieties  not  known  to  the 

17 


130      NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE. 

geologist.     Mr.    Gravelly   arrived   in   Boston   in   a 
Cunard  steamer,  August,  1857  ;  as  did  a  Mr.  Long- 
mire   in   June,  1857.      The   firm  of  Longmire   and 
Brooke  failed  in  Philadelphia,  September,  1857.     Mr. 
Slough  was,  in  1857,  expelled  from  the  Ohio  House 
of  Eepresentatives.     U.  S.  Mudd  is  Solicitor  of  the 
Courts    of  Alabama.     Mr.   Mudridge   lives   in    Au- 
gusta, Me.     Mr.  Bogly  lives  at  Rockland,  Me.     Dr. 
Gushee  was  a  physician  in  1839.     Mr.  Longacre  is 
an  officer  of  the  mint  at  Philadelphia.     Alabama  has 
its   Judge   Shortridge.      Lieut.   Greenhill,  of  the 
British    service   in    Persia,    was   wounded   in    1857. 
There  is  an  English  author  named  Oldacre.     Mr. 
Meadows  published  a  work  on  China  in  1856.     La 
Grange    was    a    distinguished    French    astronomer. 
Cave  is  a  name  familiar  in  English  literature.     There 
are  six  families  of  that  name  in  Philadelphia ;  where 
is   also   found  Mr.   Mines.     Mr.   Cartland  lives  at 
Windham,  Me. ;  Mr.  Douney,  at  Kivkland,  Me.     Mr. 
Mountain    wrote    in    1800  ;    Mr.    Saltmarshe,   in 
1639.     Netherclift's  "Autographs"  was  published 
in  London,  1855.     Cumberland  was  a  distinguished 
English   dramatist.      Sir   Ferdinando    Gorges   was 
interested  in  the  early  settlement  of  our  country.     Mr. 
Hindmarsh    was  one   of    Miss   Jones's    subscribers. 
Three    suits   are    pending  (July,  1857)  against  Mr. 
Claystone.     Both  Mr.  Aker  and  Mr.  Ragland  were 
lost  in  the  "Central  America"  (1857);  as  was  Mr. 
Lowenthal  (or  "  the  valley  of  the  lions  ").    Mr.  Thick- 


NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE.      131 

stone,  of  Meadville,  Perm.,  was  one  of  Agassiz'  sub- 
scribers ;  as  was  also  Mr.  Baumgarten  (or  "  the 
tree-garden  "),  of  St.  Louis,  and  Mr.  Cowley  (or 
"  cow-meadow  ").  This  name  is  also  well  known  in 
English  literature.  Mr.  Learock  lived  in  Salem. 
Mr.  Diggins,  of  Cincinnati,  should  emigrate  to  Cali- 
fornia. Rev.  Dr.  Landend  was  a  subscriber  to 
Thomson's  "  Seasons  ;  "  as  was  also  John  Purling, 
Esq.  A  Mr.  Saltmarsh  lives  at  Canton,  Mass. ;  Mr. 
Hardaker,  at  West  Roxbury;  Mr.  Greenacre,  at 
Bangor,  Me.  Among  the  Massachusetts  physicians 
are  Dr.  Bottom  and  Mr.  Rosenthal  (or  "  valley  of 
roses  ").  Mr.  Prairie,  strange  to  say,  has  gone  to 
Canada,  being  domiciled  at  St.  Athanase,  C.E.  Mr. 
Sandridge  is  a  member  of  Congress.  Mr.  Craighead 
was  a  graduate  at  Harvard. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Hihill,  Rock- 
hill,  Parkhill,  Summit  ;  twelve  families  of  Mount, 
seven  of  Mountain,  and  two  of  Mounteny  ;  Hight, 
Hightsman,  Boulder,  Knoll;  Hemphill  is  a  common 
name  there  ;  Longbottom,  Pitchbottom,  Rams  bot- 
tom, and  Sidebottom  ;  Bottomley  (i.  e.,  "  bottom- 
meadow  "),  Chasm,  Witmire  (t.  e.,  "  white  mire  "), 
Lookmire,  Lymire,  Naymire,  Overmire,  Cragmire, 
Colmire,  Whitemarsh,  Marley,  Slough,  Dytch, 
Clayborn,  Claypool,  Holm,  Vinyard,  Dingle, 
Hallbower,  Valley,  Airth,  Downey,  Downie, 
Downy,  Singlewood,  Smallwood,  Thistlewood, 
Woodland,  four  families  of  Shankland,  Woodside, 


132      NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE. 

Acor,  Longacre,  Welbank,  and  Wellbank.  Mr. 
Hillocks  lives  at  Cloverhill,  C.W.  Messrs.  High- 
field,  Highland,  and  Hillman  live  at  Quebec  ;  Mr. 
Ruffridge,  at  Seebringsville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Riehill,  at 
Toronto,  C.W.  Mr.  Terace  lives  at  Dresden,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Rockey,  at  Port  Stanley,  C.W.  Gravel  is  a 
very  common  name  in  Canada,  no  less  than  seventeen 
families  being  found  in  Montreal.  It  is  also  found  in 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  Stones  lives  at  Mount  Pleasant,* 
C.W.  Mr.  Brookmire  lives  at  Leskard,  C.W.  Mo- 
rasse  is  found  at  Cap  Sante,  C.E.,  and  at  Montreal ; 
Mr.  Peat,  at  Lowville,  C.W.,  and  Mr.  Peatt,  at 
Bowmanville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Ditchfield,  at  New  Dur- 
ham, C.W, ;  Messrs.  Rowbottom  and  Shorediche,  at 
Quebec.  Mr.  Longbottom,  of  Canada,  took  out  a 
patent  in  1852.  Laun,  of  Campbellscross,  C.W., 
and  elsewhere,  perhaps  should  be  classed  here,  rather 
than  with  articles  of  dress:  it  has  also  an  episcopal 
sound.  Mr.  Henwood  lives  at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Middlewood,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Orchard,  at 
Drummondville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Overfield,  at  Dundas, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Oldfield,  at  Dunville,  C.W.  Both 
Crowhurst  and  Crowley  are  found  in  Montreal ; 
also  Greenfield,  Meadowcroft,  and  Sandilands. 
Mr.  Maybank  lives  at  Port  Hope,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Sunley, 
at  Guelph,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Drysdale,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 
Messrs.  Heathfield  and  Goodacre  live  at  London, 
C.W. 

We  have  Glyde,  Rivers,  Currant,  Flood,  Water, 


names  from  the  face  of  nature.  133 

Waters,  Brooks,  Glassbrook,  Tinbrooks,  Pond, 
Pool,  Pooly  (1635),  Lake,  Beck,  Tarne  (1644), 
Burn,  Lakeman,  Fountain,  Lynn,  Woodlin,  Pons 
("  a  bridge  "),  Bridge,  Woodbridge,  Brassbridge, 
and  Ferry  ;  Ford,  and  its  compounds,  Paddleford, 
Bradford,  Buckford  (1665),  Beckford,  Gulliford 
(L.  37,  f.  202),  Hayford  (707,  f.  73),  Woodford, 
Mudford,  Langford,  Oakford,  Hickford,  Hugge- 
ford,  holford,  mugford,  clifford,  mountford, 
and  Fordin  ;  Seaward,  Wade,  Wady,  Drown,  Eddy, 
Channel,  Sands,  Sandy,  Sand,  Seawall  (1675), 
Bar,  Whorf,  Beach,  Pebbles,  Shores,  Shore  (L.  63, 
f.  237),  Durivage,  Strand,  Capewell,  Haven,  Banks, 
Fairbank,  Fairbanks,  Milbank,  Millbanks,  Wells, 
Horse  well  (L.  713,  f.  291),  Condit,  &c.  Harvard 
has  its  Professor  Horsford.  Our  lamented  Crawford 
stood  pre-eminent  as  a  sculptor.  Mr.  Blackford  was 
a  sailmaker  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Main  died  on 
shore,  and  is  buried  in  the  Granary  Burying-Ground. 
Sir  Charles  Eastlake  published  a  treatise  on  oil- 
painting.  Jane  Shore  is  an  historical  personage. 
We  have  a  Mr.  Elm  Burnside.  Mr.  Cove  lives  in 
Burke,  Vt. ;  Mr.  Shoals,  at  East  Hampton,  Mass. 
Sir  James  Muddiford  was  active  in  introducing  coffee 
into  general  use  in  London.  Rev.  Mr.  Breaker,  of 
Beaufort,  S.C.,  states  that  he  can  easily  baptize  four 
black  converts  in  a  minute.  A  Mr.  Wash  lives  at 
Powhattan,  Va. ;  and  Mr.  Outwater,  at  Syracuse  and 
in  New-York  City.     Mr.  Spray  was  a  tenor-singer  of 


134  •    NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE. 

note  in  the  last  century.  Dane  cites  the  case  of  Mr. 
Freshwater.  Aquaviva  ("  living  water  ")  was  born 
three  hundred  years  ago.  In  England  are  families  of 
Gravel,  Isle,  Ore,  Rill,  and  River.  Mr.  Garden 
subscribed  to  the  "  Odyssey."  Mr.  Fountain  lives  at 
Marblehead ;  and  the  name  is  common  in  New  York. 
Both  Mr.  Waterworks  and  Mi*.  Waterfall  appear 
in  our  Directory  for  1857.  Mr.  Pebble  lives  at 
Natick.  Mr.  Harbour  graduated  at  Harvard,  as  did 
Mr.  Lea.  A  deed  in  L.  42  is  executed  by  Harbour  ; 
and  this  name  is  still  found  at  Woodford,  Vt.,  and  in 
Montreal  and  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Coast  lives  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Coldwell  is  a  clergyman  in  Standish,  Me. 
Mr.  Fishpool,  of  New  Baltimore,  Mich.,  failed  in 
1857 ;  as  did  also  Mr.  Bay,  of  Iowa.  Rev.  Richard 
Smallbrook,  LL.D.,  was  a  subscriber  to  Jones's  "  Mis- 
cellanies ;  "  as  were  also  Rev.  Mr.  Smalwell,  and 
William  Midford,  Esq.  Poole's  "Annotations," 
in  folio,  appears  on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773. 
Mr.  Bankhead  was  in  our  navy  in  1849.  In  New 
York  I  find  several  families  of  Billow,  Clearwater, 
and  Corral  ;  also  Lingwater,  Ripple,  Water, 
Watrous,  Gully,  Sea,  Coast,  Shore,  Sedgy,  Seggie, 
and  Ore. 

Mr.  Midford  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Black- 
ford and  Mr.  Playford,  at  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Ful- 
ford,  at  Brighton,  C.W.,  and  at  London,  C.W.,  where 
also  lives  a  Mr.  Glassford.  Rev.  Mr.  Fishburn 
lives  at  Buttonville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Seaburn,  at  Collin- 


NAMES  FROM  THE  FACE  OF  NATURE.       135 

wood,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lightburn,  at  Cobourg,  C.W.  Eev. 
Mr.  Broadwater  is  settled  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  the 
same  name,  as  before  mentioned,  being  fonnd  in  Phi- 
ladelphia. Mr.  Lambrook  lives  at  Exeter,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Hornibrook,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Caldbeck,  at 
Weston,  C.W.  Mr.  Islet  lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr. 
Isles,  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Quay  lives  at  Arthur, 
C.W.  In  Jessels  "  Court  of  England,"  in  his  Memoir 
of  Beau  Fielding,  mention  is  made  of  Mrs.  Streights. 
In  Philadelphia  I  find  Mr.  Braker,  Mr.  Seas,  Mr. 
Channel,  Mr.  Shoar,  Longshore,  &c.  ;  and  Pan- 
coast  is  a  common  name  in  that  city.  Mr.  Sea  lives 
in  Peoria,  111.  (1858). 


136 


CHAPTER    XVII. 

NAMES  FROM   TREES,  FRUITS,   AND   VEGETATION. 

We  have  Forest,  Chase  ("  a  forest  "),  Wood,  Woods, 

BlGWOOD,     RoCKWOOD,     WoODDY,     WoODLEY     (1636), 

Tree,  Pollard,  Hedge,  Oaks,  Oakes,  Oakeman 
(1658),  Oakman,  Holyoke,  Elm,  Elms,  Ellms,  Pyne, 
Pine,  Pineo,  Ash,  Ashe,  Ashcroft,  Ashley,  Birch, 
Birchmore,  Beech,  Beecher,  Beeching,  Beechey? 
Chesnut,  Chestnutwood,  Crabtree,  Cork,  Cyprus, 
Hawthorne,  Hazell,  Hazleton,  Furze,  Hollie, 
Holly,  Holley,  Popalardo,  Aspenwall,  Alder- 
church,  Lyme,  Lind  ("lime"),  and  Lindenbauer. 
Frances  Tree  was  planted  here  in  1667.  Miss  Ellen 
Tree  has  played  at  our  theatres.  Mr.  Goldtree,  not 
paying  a  demand,  was  sued  at  the  March  Term  of  our 
Superior  Court  (1858).  Mr.  Oak  lives  at  Amesbury; 
Mr.  Trees,  at  Lawrence.  Like  the  English  Reviewer, 
I  find  no  Fir  or  Larch.  Nor  have  we  the  Ivy  or 
Myrtle.  Mr.  Myrtle  and  Mr.  Ivey,  however,  both 
live  in  New  York ;  and  Mr.  Frank  Myrtle  was  lost 
in  the  "  Central  America  "  (September,  1857).  Among 
Reviews,  none  takes  a  higher  rank  than  Blackwood's. 
A  Mr.  Blackwood  lives  at  Providence.  Woodfall 
was  a  celebrated  English  printer. 


NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC.  137 

Among  the  public  men  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  is  Mr. 
.Palm  ;  and  the  fate  of  the  German  bookseller, 
Palm,  executed  in  the  time  of  Napoleon,  awa- 
kened general  sympathy.  Mr.  Ochiltree  was  a 
passed  midshipman  in  our  navy  in  1849, — a  name 
familiar  to  all  readers  of  Scott's  "  Antiquary."  Bloom- 
baum  ("  bloom-tree ")  is  found  in  New  York ;  as 
are  also  Hazelhurst,  Walnut,  Aspin,  Lawrell, 
Lorell,  Palm,  and  Pine.  Bough  is  a  very  common 
name  there. 

Mr.  Maples  is  a  graduate  of  Yale ;  as  are  also  Mr. 
Oakey  and  Mr.  Oakley.  Mr.  Wellow  ("  willow  1  ") 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1666.  Rev.  Ralph  Bride- 
oak,  Rector  of  Abbotstock,  Devon,  subscribed  for 
Jones's  "  Miscellanies  ;  "  as  did  also  Capt.  Birch  and 
Mr.  Ash.  Ash's  Introduction  to  Lowth's  English 
Grammar  is  in  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  The 
distinguished  tragedian  Forrest,  and  the  charming 
Mrs.  John  Wood,  both  performed  at  the  Boston 
Theatre,  and  boarded  at  the  same  hotel.  A  serenade 
was  given ;  and  Mrs.  Wood  gracefully  declined  any 
share  in  this  honor,  saying  that  it  was  intended  for 
the  great  forest,  and  not  for  the  little  wood. 

Mr.  Blackwood  lives  at  St.  Thomas,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Smallwood,  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Shade,  at  Gait,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Arbour,  at  St.  Therese  de  Blainville,  C.E. ;  Mr. 
Alder,  at  Charleville,  C.W.,  and  also  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  Mr.  Hawthorn,  at  Milton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Ash- 
plant,  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Almond,  at  Ottowa,  C.W. 

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138       .  NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC. 

Both  Almond  and  Allmond  are  found  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  Mr.  Ivey,  at  Owen  Sound,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Maples, 
at  Port  Hope,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Furzer,  at  Kingston, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Hazel  and  Mr.  Willows,  at  Toronto.  In 
Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Ashbash,  Ashbridge, 

ASHBROOK,  ASHBURN,  AsHCRAFT,  AsHMEED,  ASPEN, 

Lime,  Walnut,  Syckelmore  ("  sycamore !  "),  Green- 
tree,  Rountree,  Shady,  and  eight  families  of 
Shade. 

We  have  Woodward  ("  keeper  of  the  forest  "). 
Dr.  Birch  is  the  English  historian  of  Louis  Philippe. 
Mr.  Burtch  lives  at  Westford,  Vt. ;  and  Mr.  Burch, 
at  Stonington,  Conn.  We  have  Berts ch  ;  hardly, 
however,  derived  from  the  tree.  Mr.  Cedarbloom 
hails  from  Portland.  Among  the  subscribers  to  the 
Macklin  Bible  are  the  names  of  Linden  and  Beachey. 
Mr.  Achorn  lives  at  Lincolnville,  Me. ;  and  Mr.. 
Acorn,  at  Newcastle,  Me.  Mr.  Acorn  also  appears 
in  our  Directory  for  1857.  Mr.  Wedge  wood  lives 
at  Littlefield,  Me. 

We  have  families  of  Moss,  Mossman,  Fearnes 
(1636),  Redfern,  Branch,  Greenwood,  Greenleaf, 
Topleaf,  Maylief,  Hemphill,  Sheafe,  Hay,  Haycock, 
Rick,  .Ricks,  Straw,  Wyeth,  Bush,  Reed,  Reedy, 
Thissell,  Thorn,  Thorne,  Langthorn,  Thorndike, 
Thornton,  Dorn  (the  German  for  "  thorn  "),  Burr, 
Bryer,  and  Twigg.  Mr.  Twiggs  was  a  captain 
of  marines  in  1839.  Aaron  Burr  wras  Vice-Pre- 
sident of  the  United  States.     Fearne's  "  Contingent 


NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC.  .       139 

Remainders  "  is  one  of  the  ablest  law-books  ever 
written. 

Dr.  Snodgrass  was  medical  attendant  of  Edgar  A. 
Poe  ;  and  there  are  eleven  families  of  that  name 
in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Plant  lives  at  New  Bed- 
ford. A  Mr.  Bushey  lives  in  Maine ;  Mr.  Brier,  at 
Belfast,  Me. ;  Mr.  Grass,  at  Brunswick,  Me. ;  Mr. 
Bush  way,  at  North  Craftsbury,  Conn.  In  L.  105  is 
a  deed  to  Consider  Osyer.  Both  Plant  and  Leaf 
are  graduates  of  Yala  Leaf  and  Leafy  live  in 
Philadelphia.  Leaf,  Son,  and  Co.  are  a  London 
firm  (1857).  Mr.  Woodlief  had  a  case  decided  in 
Washington  (1858).  Mr.  Rowan  was  lieutenant  in 
our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Clover  lives  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
On  Beechey  Island  rest  the  remains  of  William  Cut- 
bush,  who  died  in  1853.  Mr.  Cutbush  was  a  sur- 
geon at  West  Point.  In  the  New-York  Directory  are 
Messrs.  Heather,  Haw,  Haws,  Fern,  Ferns,  Furze, 
Twigg,  Twiggs,  &c.  Mr.  Sheaves  lives  at  Kingston, 
C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Shortreed,  at  Scotchblock,  C.W. 

Mr.  Copperthorn  goes  both  into  the  mineral  and 
vegetable  kingdom.  This  remark  applies  to  Mr.  Sil- 
verthorn,  of  West  Goshen,  Conn.  Miss  Plumbtree 
was  a  subscriber  to  Thomson's  "Seasons."  Plumptre's 
Songs  were  published  in  1805 ;  Moss's  Sermons  in 
1732,  and  Moss's  Bibliography  in  1837;  also  Seed's 
Discourses  in  1745.  Seads,  Seeds,  and  Seed,  all 
live  in  Philadelphia;  and  Mr.  Seeds  also  lives  at 
Oneida,  C.W.     In  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773,  I 


140  NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC. 

find  "  Seed's  (Jeremiah)  Sermons,  8vo,  4  vols."  Mr. 
Seeds,  of  Newport,  Ky.,  was  arrested  for  murder 
(December,  1857).  Among  the  law-students  at  Har- 
vard are  Moss  and  Hacock.  Mr.  Sprigge  was  an 
author  in  1748,  as  was  Mr.  Vine  in  1657.  Both 
Sprigg  and  Spriggs  are  found  in  New  York ;  and 
Sprigg  and  Sprigman,  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Blossom 
made  a  deed  (L.  491,  f.  127).  Mr.  Sapp  is,  as  we 
have  seen,  a  member  of  Congress.  He  doubtless 
derives  his  name  from  vegetables,  rather  than  from 
mental  qualities. 

We    have    Bloom,    Bloomfield,    Blossom,    Bud, 
Budd,    Sprout,   Twigg,*  Vines,  Langberry  (1674), 

WOODBERRY,  MULBERRY    (L.  98,  f.   16),   TaCKABERRY, 

Berry,  Mayberry,  Hull,  Podd,  Nut,  Nutt,  Nutts, 
Nutze,  Nutting,  Tufts,  Burr,  Cobb,  Kob,.  Husk, 
Furss,  Root,  Hoots,  Stubbles,  and  Stumpf.  Miss 
Stump  died  in  1832.  Henry  Stump  is  Judge  of  the 
Baltimore  Criminal  Court  (1857).  Mr.  Nutman  is  a 
graduate  of  Yale.  Mr.  Peanot  ("  pea-nut'?  ")  lived  in 
Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in  1855.  George  Wythe  was  a  signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Mr.  Berryman  and 
Mr.  Eootes  were  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Sprout, 
of  Rutland,  proves  not  to  have  been  murdered.  Mr. 
Blooms  lives  at  Bath,  Me.  Snagg,  though  so  ap- 
propriate for  our  Western  States,  is  found  only  in 
England ;  where  are  also  families  of  Stick,  Pole,  &c. 
Walpole  is  eminent.  Both  Pole  and  Walpole  are 
found  in  New  York.     Tendril's  and  Shrubb's  cases 


NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC.  141 

are  cited  by  Dane.  Among  our  hymns  is  one  written 
by  Shrubsole.  We  have  Stackpole,  Stack,  and 
Wagstaff.  Miss  Stickman  was  married  in  Boston 
in  August,  1857.  Mr.  Pole  was  admitted  a  freeman 
(1666).  Both  Stick  and  Sticker  are  found  in  the 
Buffalo  Directory  of  1855.  Mr.  John  Bickerstaff 
subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  Mr.  Longstaff 
lives  in  New  York  ;  also  Messrs.  Rutley,  Stubb, 
Stubbs,  Stubbings,  and  Stump. 

Mr.  Biggerstaff  lives  in  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Staff, 
at  Petersburg,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Langstaff,  at  North 
Augusta,  C.W.,  and  at  Weston,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Long- 
staff,  at  Carlisle,  C.W.  Messrs.  Stack,  Stackwell, 
and  Stick,  all  live  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  ;  and  Mr. 
Claypole  and  Mr.  Glasspole,  at  London,  C.W. 
Mr.  Heather  lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Vine,  at  Na- 
panee,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Budds,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Mr. 
Muckelberry  lives  at  Toronto.  Mr.  Berrier  was 
graduated  at  West  Point.  At  Philadelphia  I  find 
families  of  Buddy,  Stem,  Stump,  Tuft,  and  Viney, 
&c.  ;  Berriman,  Berryman,  and  Galberry. 

We  have  Gage,  Currant,  Orange,  Peeling,  Lem- 
mon,  Appell,  Appleton,  Applebaum  ("  apple-tree  "), 
Applegate,  Peach,  Peachy,  Pears,  Pear,  Pear- 
main,  Perry,  Backall,  Pippin,  Plumley,  and 
Quincy.  I  find  various  deeds  from  Samuel  Plumb 
(L.  376,  &c).  Mr.  Apple  was,  in  1857,  appointed 
Assistant  Superintendent  at  Mount-Auburn  Ceme- 
tery.    The  papers  of  the  same  week  (November,  1857) 


142  NAMES    FROM    TREES,    FRUITS,    ETC. 

mention  the  death  of  Mrs.  Pear  at  Cambridgeport, 
and  the  destruction,  by  fire,  of  Mr.  Apple's  green- 
house in  Cambridge.  Mr.  Beatley  lives  at  Norwalk, 
Conn.  Peach  is  a  very  common  name  in  Salem ; 
where  is  also  found  Mr.  Currants.  Rev.  Mr.  Cherry 
was  obliged  to  leave  Georgia  in  July,  1857.  There 
is  a  Dr.  Eynd  in  Dublin.  Mr.  Rhind  was  a  passed 
midshipman  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Rhind's  "Egypt" 
was  published  in  Edinburgh.  Mr.. Peeling  is  in  our 
Directory  of  1857.  Shattuck  is  a  common  name 
among  us ;  perhaps  derived  from  Shaddock,  a  fruit 
like  an  orange.  We  have  also  Chaddock.  In  New 
York  are  found  families  of  Apple,  Appleby,  Apple- 
gate,  and  Appleyard  ;  Figge,  Filbert,  Mellon, 
Olive,  Plum,  and  Quincey.  Miss  Peach  was  one  of 
Miss  Jones's  subscribers.  Mr.  Figgs  lives  at  Hamil- 
ton, C.W.  ;  Mr.  Figg,  at  London,  C.W.  The  very 
peculiar  name  of  Sweetapple  is  found  at  Toronto, 
C.W.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Grape, 
Plum,  Rasin,  and  Messrs.  Coar  and  Core.  Mellon 
is  a  very  common  name  in  that  city  ;  where  I  also 
find  Appledom,  and  twenty  families  of  Apple. 

Among  our  fellow-citizens  are  Rev.  Mr.  Posey  ; 
also  Messrs.  Flower,  Flowers,  Garland,  Rose, 
Rosengarten  (i.  e.,  "  garden  of  roses  "),  Rosenfeld 
("field  of  roses"),  Tansey,  Lily,  Lilley,  Lillie,  Lilly- 
man,  Jessamine,  Dasey,  Pinks,  Pinkman,  Sorrell, 
Fennel,  Mallows,  Weed,  and  Nettle.  Mr.  Marigold 
lived  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in  1855.     Col.  Bouquet  was 


NAMES    FROM    FLOWERS,    ETC.  143 

an  able  officer  in  the  Indian  war  of  1763.  Mr.  Leek 
is  a  clergyman  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.  ;  as  is  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Greenslit  at  Killingly,  Conn.  There  was  an 
English  writer  named  Nettles  in  1625.  Mr.  Prim- 
rose was  passenger  in  a  late  steamer  ;  and  five 
families  of  that  name  are  found  in  Philadelphia.  We 
have  Chard.  Mr.  Cress  is  studying  at  Harvard 
Scientific  School ;  and  fifteen  families  of  that  name 
live  at  Philadelphia. 

The  name  of  Kingrose  is  found  in  England.  Mrs. 
Colomblne  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers  ;  as 
was  also  James  Viney,  Esq.  In  London  there  are 
families  of  Rackstraw,  Clover,  Pluckrose,  and 
Peascod.  The  French  barber-poet  is  Mr.  Jasmyn. 
Gillyflower  printed  the  Life  of  Richelieu  (1693). 
Miss  Bronte  had  an  aunt,  Mrs.  Fennel.  Families  of 
Fennel  and  Fennell  are  found  in  Philadelphia. 
Rose's  Biographical  Dictionary  was  published  in 
London  in  1850.  Agnes  Sorel  was  the  favorite  of  a 
French  monarch  four  centuries  ago.  Blumenbach 
(or  "  the  flowery  stream  ")  is  the  name  of  a  German 
naturalist.  Mr.  Rosenbush,  of  Rockville,  Conn., 
failed  in  October,  1857.  In  the  New- York  Directory 
I  find  families  of  Melrose  and  Bosquet  ;  Leek,  Pink, 
Plant,  and  four  specimens  of  Primrose  ;  one  of 
Sandbloom  (or  "  the  flower  of  the  desert ") ;  one 
of  Wead;  and  no  less  than  forty-nine  families  of 
Weed. 

Mr.  Rosebush   lives  at   Stirling,   C.W. ;    and  Mr. 


144  NAMES    FROM    VEGETATION. 

Vinebush,  at  Edmondsville,  C.W. :  both  very  peculiar 
names.  Mr.  Marigold  lives  at  Brentford,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Latulippe,  at  Coteau  St.  Louis,  C.E.  ;  Messrs. 
Maybell  and  Daze,  at  Montreal.  At  Philadelphia 
I  find  the  names  of  Plant,  Daisey,  and  Vannela. 

In  the  vegetable  line  we  have  McGranary  (1857), 
Corne  (234,  f.  175),  Alcorn,  Smallcorn  (L.  492, 
f.  48),  Bean,  Been,  Beens,  Vetch,  Onion,  Bietz, 
Millet,  Wheat,  Wheatly,  Pease,  Eyland,  Eice, 
Oatman,  and  Parshley.  Thomas  Cornhill  was 
licensed  as  an  innholder  (1638).  Mr.  Beans  lives  at 
Westbrook,  Me.  A  pupil  at  Groton  Academy,  in 
1848,  was  named  Carret.  Peter  Grain  died  at 
Jersey  City  in  September,  1857.  Mrs.  Graine  was  a 
subscriber  to  Miss  Jones's  book;  as  were  also  Mr. 
Eye  and  Mr.  Bulbeet.  Mr.  George  Eye  lives  at 
Shenandoah,  Va.  Ehy's  Account  of  Spain  and  Por- 
tugal is  in  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  Ey- 
land's  Life  of  Kitto  appeared  in  1856.  Mr.  Eye  was 
an  English  writer  in  1719.  Berryman  was  an 
English  engraver.  Two  of  Chauchard's  subscribers 
are  named  Parslee.  Flaxman  is  distinguished  in 
the  world  of  art.  At  St.  Giles-in-the-Fields  is  a 
monument  to  Susannah  Barly.  Tennessee  has  its 
Bishop  Otey.  The  family  of  Tare  was  early  sowed 
among  us  (1679),  but  is  believed  to  have  been  long 
since  rooted  out.  Thistlewood  suffered  in  England 
as  a  traitor  (1820).  Mr.  Bulby  arrived  here  in  a 
Cunard  steamer,  October,  1857.     Mr.  Weeden   was 


NAMES    FROM    VEGETATION.  145 

a  sailmaker  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Grassie  lives 
in  Illinois. 

New  York  has  its  Police-officer  Beany  ;  also  Mr. 
Beeny  and  Mr.  Allcorn  ;  and  I  find  there  families  of 
Barbary,  Beete,  Beetson,  Beety,  Bran,  Corn,  Clo- 
ver, Cropp,  Grain  (very  common),  Grist,  Gourd, 
Grass,  Maize,  Bycroft,  Oats,  Lettish,  Podmore, 
Sause  (i.  e.,  "  vegetables  "),  Spinnage,  Thistle,  This- 
tledon,  Tares,  Rick,  and  three  families  of  Straw. 

Mr.  Grist  lives  at  Quebec.  Families  of  Corn  are 
found  at  Montreal  and  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Oats 
lives  at  Portland,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Oatman,  at  Springford, 
C.W.  There  are  nine  families  of  Oat  in  Philadel- 
phia ;  also  Mr.  Bran,  Mr.  Reap,  Messrs.  Grane, 
Grain,  Alcorn,  Grass,  &c.  ;  four  families  of  Bram- 
ble ;  and  Mr.  Nettle.  Mr.  Beatson  lives  at  To- 
ronto. 

Prof.  Wheatstone  has  been  a  greater  producer 
than  his  name  would  indicate.  Mr.  Bran  lives  at 
West  Gardiner,  Me.  Oat  is  found  in  England  ;  as 
are  also  Herbage,  Grain,  Rye,  Barley,  Beet,  Bar- 
berry, Bramble,  Cabbage,  Melon,  Quince,  Olive, 
Peach,  Chestnut,  Cranberry,  Grapes,  Hemp,  Seed, 
Seeds,  Pink,  Tulip,  Violets,  and  Spinnage.  Mr. 
Krout  was  lately  killed  in  Williston,  Me.  ;  and 
there  is  a  live  Krout  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Parsley 
lives  at  East  Sangerville,  Me.  ;  Mr.  Lentell,  at 
Spencer,  Mass.  Titus  Oates  has  an  undesira- 
ble  celebrity.     The  Governor  of  Texas  in    1856  is 

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146  NAMES    FROM    VEGETATION. 

named  Pease.  Mr.  Pease,  of  New  York,  is  cele- 
brated in  connection  with  the  Five-Points  Mission. 
One  of  our  first  families  is  Peabody.  The  munifi- 
cence of  the  London  banker  of  that  name  is  well 
known.  The  pilgrim  who  lightened  his  penance  by 
boiling  his  pease  before  he  put  them  in  his  shoes,  and 
who,  while  saving  his  soul,  thus  also  saved  his  body, 
may  perhaps  have  been  the  progenitor  of  this  family. 
Joseph  Peas  was  a  subscriber  to  Thomson's  "  Sea- 
sons." Pea  itself  is  found  at  Salem,  Conn.  Cicer, 
cicera,  means,  in  Latin,  "  chickpea ;  "  and  the  great 
orator  of  antiquity,  Cicero,  was,  to  his  contempora- 
ries, only  the  eloquent  Mr.  Pea. 


147 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

NAMES   FROM  THE   ELEMENTS;    FROM  HEAT,   COLD,   AND   FUEL; 
AND   FROM  POINTS    OF   THE   COMPASS. 

The  elements  have  been  laid  under  contribution. 
Thus  we  have  families  of  Ayer,  Winde,  Breeze, 
Gale,  Lull,  Blitz  ("  lightning  "),  Storm,  Storms, 
Raines  (1653),  Raney  (L.  181,  f.  52),  Rayne,  Rane, 
Rayner,  Reinhard,  Sleater,  Hail,  Shower  (L.  67, 
f.  207),  Flood,  Hayes,  Hays,  Hase,  Haase,  Dew, 
Dewey,  Fogg,  Whetter,  Philbrook,  Wetmore  ; 
also  Bath,  Colbath,  Dowse,  Swab,  Washer, 
Fries,  Freese,  Defriez,  Chilley,  Knipplng,  Frost, 
Snow,  Flake  (L.  189,  f.  257),  Lowry,  Bleakley, 
and  Fairweather.  We  have  also  Weatherwax 
(L.  306)  and  Weatherly  (L.  45,  f.  112).  Mr. 
Merriwether  is  Governor  of  the  Territory  of  New 
Mexico  (1856).  Thomas  Lightnin,  of  Valley  Forge, 
R.  I.,  was  assassinated  in  California  (June,  1857). 
Donner  (German  for  "  thunder  ")  was  a  distinguished 
Austrian  sculptor.  Hegel  (German  for  "  hail  ")  was 
an  eminent  philosopher.  Mr.  Gayle  was  a  midship- 
man in  our  navy  in  1849 ;  as  was  also  Mr.  Rainey. 
Bleeker  is  a  common  name  in  New  York :  where  I 


148  NAMES    FROM    THE    ELEMENTS. 

also  find  Bleak,  Bleakhorn,  Bleakie,  Bleakley, 
Blow  and  Blew,  Gust,  Rain,  Rains,  Rainbold, 
Wash,  Washman,  Washmore,  Docker,  Reaker, 
Showry,  Hail,  Haill,  &c.  I  find  there  eighteen 
families  of  Storm,  and  twenty-two  families  of  Storms  ; 
also  Tempest.  Mr.  Jetter,  of  that  city,  has  also  an 
aqueous  name.  Both  Mr.  Rains  and  Mr.  Haile  are 
graduates  of  Yale. 

It  is  a  remarkable  coincidence  of  name  and  office, 
that  Mr.  Wetmore  should  have  been  for  many  years 
Chairman  of  our  Cochituate  Water  Board.  In  like 
manner,  Mr.  Rein  hard  was,  some  years  since,  a  water- 
carrier  ;  and  on  his  ambulatory  cart  was  painted  the 
advertisement,  —  "  W.  Reinhard  :  soft  water."  Mr. 
Hail  lives  at  Brandon,  Vt. ;  Mr.  Foggs,  at  Readfield, 
Me.  John  Rainbow  was  a  carpenter  in  our  navy  in 
1849.  The  names  of  Thunder,  Freeze,  Mist,  Rain- 
bow, Shade,  &c,  are  found  in  England.  The  name 
of  Miss  Bronte,  the  novelist,  is  the  Greek  for  "  thun- 
der." Edward  Hailstone,  Esq.,  is  a  collector  named 
in  Shaw's  work  on  "  Decorative  Art."  Rev.  Prof. 
Hailstone  is  one  of  Chauchard's  subscribers ;  as  is 
also  Rev.  Dr.  Raine.  Among  the  subscribers  to 
Thomson's  "  Seasons  "  is  John  Tempest,  Esq.  ;  and 
Nichols's  "  Progresses  "  mentions  two  knights  named 
Tempest.  That  name  is  also  found  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Wind  lives  in  Peoria,  111.  (1858);  and  Mr. 
Thunder  is  in  the  Directory  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  for 
1855.     Mr.   Storm,  of  Boston,  was  an  eminent   en- 


NAMES    FROM    THE    ELEMENTS.  149 

graver.  Mr.  Weatherspoon  made  a  deed  (L.  569, 
f.  301).  Mr.  Baptist,  of  New  York,  found  himself 
financially  submerged  in  1857.  Dr.  Fludd  wrote  in 
England  in  lb31  ;  and  Shower,  in  1692.  Shower's 
Reports  are  well  known  in  the  law.  Messrs.  Gush 
and  Sluce  live  in  London  (1858).  Spirt's  case  is 
cited  by  Dane.  Rev.  J.  Raine  lived  in  Dublin  in 
1828  ;  and  Mr.  Rendrop  wras  a  subscriber  to  the 
Macklin  Bible.  Messrs.  Crack  live  at  Edwardsburg, 
C.W.,  and  at  Putnam,  C.W.  Col.  Leake  has  pub- 
lished a  work  on  Greek  coins.  Mr.  Leeksin  lives  in 
New  York.  Ingulphus  was  an  ancient  abbot  of 
Croyland. 

Mr.  Dippie  lives  at  Montreal.  In  Philadelphia 
are  four  families  of  Dripps,  and  Mr.  Wipen.  Mr. 
Reekin  lives  at  Pefferlow,  C.W.  ;  Messrs.  Dowse  and 
Ducker,  at  London,  C.W.  Mr.  Aires  lives  at  Phila- 
delphia ;  Mr.  Blow,  at  South  Mountain,  C.W.  I  also 
find,  in  Philadelphia,  two  families  of  Thunder,  seven 
of  Trinkle,  and  Mr.  Thaw.  Mr.  Fog  lives  at  To- 
ronto, C.W.  Belleau  (or  "  beautiful  water  ")  is  very 
common  in  Quebec;  where  I  also  find  Mr.  Rain  and 
Mr.  Hailstrip.  Mr.  Snowball  4ives  at  St.  George's, 
C.W.,  and  is  probably  a  black  man.  Mr.  Flake 
lives  at  Stevensville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Sleet,  at  Stratford, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Rain  both,  at  Papineauville,  C.E. 

We  have  Sparks,  Furness,  Bellows,  Frye,  Fry, 
Flaming  (L.   536,  f.  221),   Burn,  Burns,   Burnap, 

BlRNER,  BlRNSTILL,  BURNETT,   BURNHAM,    McBuRNEY, 


150  names  from  heat,  fuel,  etc. 

Het,  Hett,  Heaton,  Heten,  Heater,  Heaty  (1650), 
Hotty  (Lib.  131),  Boyle,  Boylen,  Blazo,  Parcher, 
Crisp,  Crispin,  and  Crispy.  T.  Brand,  of  London, 
subscribed  for  the  Macklin  Bible.  A  family  of 
Brand  resides  at  St.  Louis,  and  also  at  Norwich, 
Conn.  ;  and  one  was  a  passed  midshipman  in  our 
navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Crisp  was  an  author  in  1704; 
and  Mr.  Hett,  in  1824.  Miss  Lightup  lives  in  Lon- 
don (1858).  Rev.  Thomas  Fry,  D.D.,  Fellow  of  St. 
John's  College,  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies ;  " 
as  did  also  Miss  Dewe.  Sir  Nicholas  Crispe  erected 
a  monument  to  Charles  I.  Mr.  Stive  was  passenger 
in  a  Cunard  steamer  (1857).  In  the  New- York 
Directory  I  find  Mr.  Blase,  Mr.  Rauch  *  (German 
for  "  smoke  "),  and  even  Mr.  Whiteheat;  as  also  Boil, 
Boiler,  Brand,  Brande,  Fried,  Friedman.  As  a 
relief  to  these  names,  we  find  Mr.  Fanning.  Both 
parts  of  Mr.  August  Fries's  name  seem  indicative  of 
heat.  D.  R.  Byler  lives  at  Morgentown,  Pa.  Squib's 
case  is  cited  by  Dane.  Dr.  Squibb,  of  the  U.  S.  navy, 
delivered,  in  New  York  (July,  1857),  some  interesting 
remarks  on  chloroform.  Mr.  Rockett  was  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1666.  The  publication  of  Synge's 
works  has  been  before  alluded  to  (p.  59).  In 
my  library  are  several  volumes  which  have  the 
book-mark  of  Sir  Edward  Synge,  Bart.,  a  former 
owner. 

Fuel  is  extensively  represented  by  Wood,   Gass, 

*  We  have  Kausch  (1858). 


NAMES  FROM  HEAT.  FUEL,  ETC.         151 

Coke,  Cokar,  Cokely,  Cole,  Coale,  Coley,  Tarr,  and 
Tarbox.  Mr.  Coal  lives  at  Milford.  In  L.  268  is  a 
deed  of  Mr.  Cord.  The  family  name  of  Lumber  is 
found  in  England.  John  Chip  appears  in  our  Probate 
Records  (L.  17,  f.  34);  and  Mr.  Chipp  lives  in  New 
York ;  as  do  also  Mr.  Cannel,  Mr.  Gathercole,  Mr. 
Morewood.  Mr.  Sea  wood,  of  New  York,  has  not  a 
very  combustible  sound.  Messrs.  Chip,  Chippey,  and 
Coal  live  in  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Seacole  was  popu- 
lar among  the  soldiers  at  the  siege  of  Sebastopol: 
and  among  the  London  bankrupts  of  1857  appears 
the  same  name ;  it  is  to  be  hoped,  not  of  the  same 
person.  Coke  is  one  of  England's  greatest  names 
in  the  law. 

Mr.  Rosewharm  lives  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Wharm,  at  Blenheim,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Heats,  at  Hills- 
borough, C.W.  Three  families  of  Ovens  live  at  Kings- 
ton, C.W. ;  and  that  name  is  found  at  Toronto,  as  is 
also  Synge.  Mr.  Chillman  lives  at  Hamilton,  C.W. 
In  Philadelphia  I  find  Ovens,  Ovenshire,  and  four 
families  of  Bakeoven  ;  Messrs.  Blase,  Brands, 
Firing,'  Sinder,  Broyler  ;  seven  families  of  Fried, 
fifteen  of  Fries,  and  one  of  Friey  ;  also  Messrs. 
Cooling,  Colder,  Chillman,  and  Shiver  ;  nineteen 
families  of  Freas,  and  one  of  Freeze.  A  Mr.  Shivers 
lives  at  White  Co.,  Va.  Mr.  Firebrace  was  a  faith- 
ful follower  of  Charles  I.  In  the  Directory  of  Buffalo, 
N.Y.,  for  1855,  are  families  of  Burnup  and  Ovens. 
Rev.  Jared  Sparks,  late  President  of  Harvard  College, 


152  NAMES    FROM    POINTS    OF    THE    COMPASS. 

was  formerly  settled  at  the  Unitarian  church  in  Balti- 
more. Afterwards,  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Bellows,  Fur- 
ness,  and  Greenwood  temporarily  officiated  in  the 
same  pulpit  ;  and  the  fiery  ministry  continues  with 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Burnap,  the  present  incumbent. 

The  points  of  the  compass  are  represented  by  Mr. 
Vane,  Mr.  North,  Mr.  Northey,  Mr.  Northend, 
Mr.  Northstream  ;  Messrs.  East,  Easte,  Easty 
(1673),  Eastburn,  Eastford,  Eastham,  Eastman  ; 
Messrs.  West,  Westman,  Westland  (1659),  West- 
ern, Westgate,  &c.  Mr.  South  has  sent  but  very 
few  representatives,  so  far,  to  the  North,  —  perhaps 
because  one  William  South  was  whipped  and 
banished   in   1638;   yet  I  find  Southard,   Souther, 

SOUTHWORTH,  SoUTHGATE,  SOUTHLAND,  SoUTHWICK, 
SOUTHACK,  SoUTHALL,  SOUTHWARD,  and  SOUTHERLY. 

Mr.  Southmayd  lives  at  Hartford,  Conn.  Mrs. 
Easterly's  child  fell  out  of  a  window  in  Boston  in 
June,  1857.  Sailors,  in  boxing  the  compass,  use 
abbreviations,  as  "  nor,"  "  nor-east ;  "  and  thus  our 
name  of  Norcross  may  be  "  north  cross."  Wesley  is 
"  west  lea,"  or  "  west  meadow."  Sir  Henry  Vane 
was  as  well  known  in  the  Old  World  as  the  New. 
England  has  had  its  Lord  North,  its  Dr.  South,  its 
poets  Southey  and  Southern,  its  painter  West,  its 
designer  and  draughtsman  Westall,  and  its  preacher 
Wesley.  Rev.  Mr.  Westbrook  is  settled  at  Phila- 
delphia. In  New  York  I  find  families  of  Westbrook, 
Westall,  Wester,  Westerfield,  Westerman,  West- 


names  from  points  of  the  compass.        153 

fall,  Westfield,  Westlake,  Westman,  Westwood, 
&c.  Our  Mr.  Westwood  died  in  1758.  Mr.  North- 
wood  lives  at  Thamesville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Southwood, 
at  Toronto,  C.W.  ;  where  I  also  find  Mr.  West- 
broom. 


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CHAPTER    XIX. 

NAMES  FROM  SEASONS,  TIME,  NUMERALS,  DIMENSIONS,  SPACE,  &c. 

The  seasons  are  seen  in  Mr.  Spring,  Mr.  Summers, 
Mr.  Winter,  and  Mr.  Winters  :  Mr.  Callender  regu- 
lates them.  We  have  also  Mr.  Summerfield,  Mr.  Win- 
terflood,  and  Mr.  Goodyear.  Mr.  Hardyear  was 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1818.  Mr.  Summerbell  is  a 
clergyman  in  Somerset,  Mass.  Mr.  Summerhays  lives 
at  Nantucket.  Mr.  Wintersmith  is  State  Treasurer 
of  Kentucky.  In  New  York  I  find  twenty-four  fami- 
lies of  Winter  ;  ten  of  Winters;  also  Winterbottom, 

WlNTERFIELD,  WlNTERMUTE,  and  WlNTEROTH.    Messrs. 

Winterbottom  and  Midwinter  live  in  Philadelphia ; 
Mr.  Summer,  at  Oakville,  C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Sommerlad, 
at  Toronto,  C.W.  Mr.  Yearly  stands  alone,  Mr. 
Quarterly  having  remained  in  England.  Both  Mr. 
Yearey  and  Mr.  Yeary  live  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Weekley  lives  in  New  York.  Dane  cites 
the  case  of  Mr.  Weekly.  We  have  Herbst  (the 
German  for  "  harvest  ")  ;  also  Herbest.  Mr. 
Vernal  lives  at  Vergennes,  Vt. ;  a  Mr.  Summer,  at 
Norton;  and  another,  at  Milford,  Mass.  Harvest's 
Sermons  were   published  in    1754.     Mr.   Christmas 


NAMES    FROM    SEASONS    AND    TIME.  155 

lives  in  Montreal.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of 
Easter,  and  four  families  of  Easterday.  We  have 
both  Mr.  Easter  and  Mr.  Lent.  Mr.  Pentecost 
lives  at  Sudbury.  Mr.  Middlemiss  lives  at  Elora, 
C.W.,  and  at  Sheffield,  C.W.  Mr.  Past  lives  in 
New  York ;  and  Mr.  Date,  of  that  city,  seems  to  live 
in  the  past. 

The  months  have  given  us  Messrs.  March,  May, 
Mildmay,  Mayall,  June,  and  Augustus.  Mr.  Au- 
gust lives  in  Philadelphia.  We  have  Kinmonth  ; 
which  is,  perhaps,  equivalent  to  December,  with  its 
Christmas  gatherings  of  kindred :  and  the  yule-log  is 
represented  by  Mr.  Yule,  of  New  York.  I  find,  in 
that  city,  Mr.  June,  Mr.  July,  and  many  families  of 
August.  Mr.  Mildmay  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard. 
Mr.  Mayson  was  in  our  marine  corps  in  1849.  In 
England  there  are  families  of  April  and  August  ; 
also  of  Midwinter.  Rev.  Mr.  Janvier  (French  for 
"  January  ")  is  Presbyterian  missionary  at  Lodiana, 
India  (1857)  ;  and  Gen.  Fabvier  was  born  1783. 
Some  of  our  months  are  named  from  old  Romans,  — 
Junius,  Julius,  Augustus. 

Shorter  periods  give  us  Mr.  Weeks,  Mr.  Day,  Mr. 
Daley,  Mr.  Dailey,  Mr.  Doubleday,  Mr.  Holliday, 
and  Mr.  Hallowday.  Mrs.  Days  lives  at  Drumbo, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Dayman,  at  Elgin,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Dayfoot,  at 
Georgetown,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Holyday,  at  Aurora,  C.W. 
We  have  Knight  ;  and  Night  itself  may  be  seen 
in  L.  206,  f.  8.     Mr.  Nox  (" night")  lived  in  Buffalo, 


156  NAMES    FROM    TIME. 

N.Y.,  in  1855.  We  have  also  Munday.  A  Mr. 
Monday  appears  in  our  Colony  Eecords  of  1639; 
and  another  Mr.  Monday  lives  at  Woburn.  Capt. 
Mundy  has  described  Napoleon's  tomb  at  St.  Helena. 
Sunday  is  found  in  New  York.  Two  sons  of  Mr. 
Sundy,  of  Canada  West,  murdered  him  in  July,  1857. 
Sontag  (i.  e.,  "  Sunday  ")  paid  us  only  a  flying  visit. 
Cruso  is  living  at  Wellington  Centre,  C.W.  ;  and 
Crusoe's  faithful  Friday  did  not  die  without  issue. 
Sebastian  Friday,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's 
maps  ;  and  this  name  is  found  in  New  York,  as  is 
also  Freytag  ("  Friday  ]  ").  Mr.  Friday  also  lives 
at  Thorold,  C.W.,  and  at  Philadelphia.  There 
exists  an  English  family  of  Thursday.  Mr.  Try- 
day  lives  in  Philadelphia,  —  meaning,  probably, 
washing-day,  or  the  day  which  tries  the  souls  of 
housekeepers. 

Naturally  enough,  we  have  but  one  Now,  while  we 
have  a  long  series  of  Morrows.  We  are  truly  a 
go-ahead  people ;  and  accordingly  we  have  no  Yes- 
terdays. I  find,  indeed,  a  Mr.  Yesterday  at  Phila- 
delphia. For  many  a  distant  day,  the  name  of 
Faraday  will  be  kept  in  remembrance.  Both  Mr. 
Ante  ("before")  and  Mr.  Ende  live  in  New  York. 
I  do  not  find  the  name  of  Hour  ;  but  Mrs.  Hours 
owns  land  at  East  Boston.  Three  families  of  Killhour 
live  in  Philadelphia.  Miss  Minnett  appears  in  our 
Directory.  We  have  Mr.  Early,  and  his  rival,  Mr. 
Twilight.     Messrs.  Dark   and  Darke  live  in  New 


NAMES    FROM    TIME.  157 

York.     Miss  Mary  Earley  made  a  deed  in  L.  667, 
f.   164.      Mr.    Erly   lives  at  Kingston,   C.W.      Mr. 
Rouse  appears  in  the  Directory  of  1841.     Faithfull 
Rouse  was  an  early  colonist  (1644).     Mr.   Rouser 
lives  in  Philadelphia.     Mr.  Dozeville  is  a  resident  of 
New  York.     We  have  also  Mr.  Morgenstern  (the 
"  morning  star  "),  M'Noon,  and  Mr.  Abendbrod  (or 
"evening   meal").      Mr.    Morningstar,    of  Canada 
West,  lately  killed  his  child.     In  New  York  I  find 
Mr.  Morgenroth  (t.  e.,  "  the  red  of  the  morning,"  or 
"  the  dawn  ")  and  Mr.  Morgenthaler  (or  "  the  morn- 
ing dollar  ")  ;  also  Mr.  Noon  and  Mr.  Mitnacht  (or 
"  midnight ").     Mr.  Morn  lives  in  Montreal.     Four 
families  of  Eve,  also  Messrs.  Vespre  and  Vesper, 
and  Mr.  Midnight,  live  in  Philadelphia.     Mr.  Knap- 
ping lives  at  Brooklyn,  Conn.     Among  the  subscribers 
to  the  "  Odyssey,"  I  find  Mr.  Loveday  and  Mr.  Gape. 
Mr.  Eve,  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  subscribed  for  Agassiz' 
work.     Rev.  Thomas  Sunrise  is  settled  in  New  Bed- 
ford;   and  Rev.  John  Noon,  in  Savoy,  Mass.     Mr. 
Nooning  is  found  in  the  Directory  of  1835,  and  still 
lives  at  Fall  River.     Mr.  Twylight  is  a  clergyman  at 
Brownington,  Vt. ;    and  Mr.  Night  is  a  clergyman 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  Me.     In  England  are  families  of 
Dawn,  Eve,  Vesper,  Gotobed,  Sleep,  Slumber,  Noon, 
and  Nox  (i.  e.,  "  night  ").     Rev.  Mr.  Nodder,  Rector 
of  Ashover  Church,  Derbyshire,  England,  had  a  pro- 
vidential escape  from    robbers   while   his  household 
were  asleep  (1857). 


158  NAMES    FROM    NUMERALS. 

Numerals  have  given  us  Mr.  Onely,  Mr.  Tew,  Mr. 
Biss  (Latin  for  "  twice  "),  Mr.  Twohig,  Mr.  Three- 
needle  (who  was  perhaps  born  in  Threadneedle 
Street,  London),  Mr.  Tribble,  Mr.  Fowers,  Mr.  Dix 
(i.e.,  "  ten  "),  Mr.  Twelves,  Mr.  Twelve  (1671),  and 
Mr.  Duzzen.  Thomas  One  was  cited  before  our 
courts  in  1637.  Mr.  Nine  appears  in  the  Directory 
of  1841.  Rev.  Mr.  Quint  is  settled  in  Roxbury.  In 
New  York  I  find  families  of  Dusen,  Halbe  (German 
for  "half"),  Semy  (from  Latin  for  "half"),  Mr. 
Tway,  Mr.  Twiname,  and  seven  families  of  Quarter- 
man.  Among  high  numbers,  it  has  Mr.  Forte,  Mr. 
Saxty,  and  even  Mr.  Million. 

Mr.  Fores  and  Mr.  Last  live  in  London  (1858). 
Mr.  Edward  Score  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscel- 
lanies ; "  as  did  Col.  Twentyman  for  Chauchard's 
maps.  The  gallant  Col.  Unett  was  killed  at  the 
assault  on  the  Redan.  Tenneman's  "  Manual  of 
Philosophy"  was  published  at  Oxford  (1832).  Our 
Michael  Quarters  got  his  arm  subdivided  by  a  rail- 
road accident  (August,  1857).  Mrs.  Greenhalf 
was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers.  Decius,  the 
name  of  a  Roman  family,  very  much  resembles  that 
of  Mr.  Tentimes. 

Mr.  Both  lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Couples,  at 
Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Twose,  at  Sherbrooke,  C.W. 
Mr.  Treble  is  Collector  of  Houghton  Centre,  C.W. ; 
and  that  name  is  also  found  at  London,  C.W.  Mr. 
Second  and  Mr.  Upper  both  live  .at  St.  Anne's,  C.W. 


NAMES    FROM    MEASURES    AND    DIMENSIONS.        159 

Mr.  Octeau  ("eight")  lives  at  St.  Bernard,  C.E. ; 
and  Mr.  Fortye,  at  Peterborough,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Onely  and 
Single  ;  six  families  of  Tway  and  Tribbel  ;  Messrs. 
Six,  Sixsmith,  and  Sixty  ;  Mr.  Ceayen  ("  seven  I  "), 
Mr.  Forty,  and  five  families  of  Halfman. 

The  families  of  Six,  Ten,  and  Eighteen,  seem 
to  have  remained  in  the  mother  country  ;  as  have 
also  those  of  Unit,  Once,  Twice,  Single,  Double, 
Sendfirst,  Second,  and  Third.  William  Forsteen, 
Esq.  (perhaps  a  corruption  of  "  fourteen  "),  subscribed 
for  the  Macklin  Bible. 

In  measures  we  have  Mr.  Measures,  Mr.  Gill, 
Mr.  Peck,  and  Messrs.  Grose,  Groce,  and  Gross. 
England  has  its  Bushell  and  Gallon  ;  and  we  have 
likewise.  Thus  Mr.  Bushell  made  a  deed  in  Lib.  75  ; 
and  Mr.  Gallon  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1835, 
and  also  for  1856 ;  and  he  sells  ale,  Sec.  We  have 
Rundlett  (t.  e.,  "  a  small  barrel  ").  In  L.  141,  f.  181, 
is  a  deed  from  John  Peck  to  Joseph  Barrell.  Mr. 
Barrell  owned  Franklin  Place  in  Boston  ;  also  the 
hundred-and-fifty-acre  farm  in  Somerville,  of  which 
part  is  now  occupied  by  the  McLean  Asylum.  A  Mr. 
Measure  lives  at  Woburn.  Quart  is .  found  at 
Arthur,  C.W.,  and  at  Quebec ;  Quintal,  at  Vergennes, 
C.E.,  and  at  Montreal;  and  Pound,  at  Quebec. 

In  dimensions  we  have  Gunter,  Inch,  Inches, 
Ells,  Tuells,  Foote,  Rood,  Furlong,  Myles,  Meil, 
Mile  (1653),  and  Miles.     There  is  an  English  family 


160  NAMES    FROM    DIMENSIONS    AND    SPACE. 

of  Yard  ;  a  Mr.  Yard  lives  at  Crittenden,  Vt. ; 
and  another  was  a  lieutenant  in  our  navy  in  1849. 
We  have  Yardley.  A  distinguished  American  tra- 
veller was  named  Ledyard.  There  is  a  Prof.  Rood, 
of  Vermont.  Mr.  Cubitt  lately  died  in  Scotland, 
very  wealthy  ;  and  that  name  is  found  in  Toronto, 
C.W.  In  Philadelphia  are  thirteen  families  each  of 
Yard  and  Yardley  ;  also  Copestick  ("  yardstick  1  "), 
and  Messrs.  Link,  Linke,  and  Linck.  An  edition  of 
Rodd's  "  Spanish  Ballads  "  was  published  in  1821. 
Samuel  Span,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps ; 
and  that  name  is  found  in  New  York ;  where  are 
also  families  of  Yard,  Yardley,  Link,  and  Mile. 
Link  was  a  German  author  of  note. 

In  space  we  have  Senter,  Center,  Bound  and 
Bourne,  Place,  Sise,  Brim,  Welts,  Edge,  Verge, 
Brink,  Rimmer,  End,  Farr,  and  Girdler.  Mr.  Edges 
lives  in  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Br  in  km  an,  at  Griersville, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Centre,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Girdle- 
stone,  at  Toronto,  C.W.  Both  Mr.  Space  and  Mr. 
Size  live  in  New  York.  Mr.  Stent  lives  at  London, 
C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Near,  at  Brydges,  C.W.  We  have 
Dr.  Rounds  and  Dr.  Rimmer  among  our  Massachu- 
setts physicians.  Mr.  Brims  owns  a  lot  at  Forest 
Hills.  Mr.  Brimlow  lives  in  New  York ;  Mr.  Round, 
at  Lancaster,  N.H.,  and  also  at  Philadelphia.  A 
Miss  Round  made  a  deed  (L.  265,  f.  152).  Thomas 
Ridge,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  Brink 
is  also  found  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  and  in  Philadel- 


NAMES    FROM    SPACE.  161 

phia  ;  Mr.  Middlehook,  at  Wilton,  Conn.  ;  Mr. 
Middlebrooks,  at  Sharon,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Cource,  at 
Thomaston,  Me. ;  and  Mr.  Corner,  at  Lowell,  and 
in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  and  Toronto.  Rev. 
Mr.  Monod  ("  monad  ")  has  a  chnrch  at  Paris, 
France. 


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CHAPTER    XX. 

NAMES  FROM   MUSIC,   DANCING;    FROM   COLORS. 

In  music  we  have  families  of  Toner,  Lay,  Lutz, 
Melody,  Horgan,  Organ,  Taber,  Phyfe,  Fife, 
Horn,  Horne,  Hornsman,  Piper,  Sing,  Singer,  Pitt- 
singer,  Sanger,  Gingle(1661),  Fogelgesang  ("bird's 
song  "),  Correster,  Harper,  Tute,  Tuten,  Chirp- 
sir,  Carroll,  Clap,  Clapp,  Ringwell,  Crier,  Noyes, 
Rapper,  Slatt,  Slamm,  Loud,  Lowd,  Lowder,  Call, 
Kauler,  Croak,  Siss,  Hiss,  Howly,  Bray,  Bello, 
Yell,  Roer,  Roers,  Dinnin,  Dinning,  Babell,  and 
Babel.  Mr.  Noyse  lives  at  North  Bennington,  Vt. 
Pope's  sister  was  Mrs.  Racket.  Hollar  was  an 
English  engraver.  Holler  is  found  in  New  York.  » 
Francis  Horner  was  a  distinguished  English  states- 
man. One  Horner  was  married  in  Dan  vers  in  1857. 
The  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey  is  Mr.  Hornblower. 
One  of  the  best  books  in  the  language  ■ —  "  Boswell's 
Johnson "  —  has  been  best  edited  by  Croker  ;  and 
one  of  the  hymns  in  Greenwood's  Collection  was 
written  by  a  Croker.  A  Dr.  Mew  was  Bishop  of 
Winchester  two  centuries  ago. 

Messrs.  Trill,  Houle,  and  Mew  live   in  London 


NAMES    FROM    MUSIC.  163 

(1858).  Major  Parke  G.  Howle,  of  the  marine  corps, 
died  at  1Washington,  July,  1857.  Lieut.  Bellot,  of 
the  French  navy,  was  drowned  near  Beechy  Island 
(1853).  Mrs.  Bray  wrote  a  Life  of  Handel.  Mr. 
Tamborine  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer,  Septem- 
ber, 1857.  Mr.  Klink  is  settled  at  Lewiston,  Pa. 
La  Harpe  was  a  French  dramatic  poet.  Charles 
Carroll  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence. Mr.  Tener  is  a  commissioner  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Tinklepaugh  is  Commander  of  the  U.  S.  Steam- 
ship "Northern  Light"  (1857);  and  that  name  is 
found  in  Kelvin,  C.W.  .A*  Mr.  Lute  lives  in  Ando- 
ver.  Madame  Ida  Pfeiffer  is  a  distinguished 
traveller.  Mr.  Fyffe  was  a  midshipman  in  our  navy 
in  1849,  as  was  Mr.  Harmony  himself.  In  New  York 
I  find  families  of  Harmony,  Harp,  Luter,  Rung, 
Peal,  Toon,  Toote,  Clink,  Dinn,  Callaway,  Cheer, 
Clapper,  Baller,  Balling,  and  Bellow. 

Mr.  Barkey  lives  at  Milnesville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Coo, 
at  Montreal;  Mr.  Caw,  at  Paris,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Sang- 
ster,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Messrs.  Melady  and 
Melody  are  both  found  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  also  Mr. 
Peal  ;  Mr.  Chant  and  Mr.  Ding,  at  Montreal. 
Mr.  Stampinbell,  of  Quebec,  has,  in  his  name,  an 
odd  union  of  sounds.  Mr.  Harp  lives  at  Quebec ; 
Mr.  Tone,  at  Montreal;  and  Mr.  Louder,  at  Oro, 
C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  two  families  of  Songster, 
Mr.   Musick,   Mr.   Pfifer,  Mr.  Balls,  Mr.  Balor  ; 


164  NAMES    FROM    DANCING. 

Messrs.  Roarer,  Rorer,  Yelpbot,  and  Boom.     Mr. 
Sing  was  a  West-Point  graduate. 

In  dancing  we  have  Polk,  in  the  Directory  of 
1835,  and  also  a  President  of  the  United  States  ; 
Treadaway  (1646),  Steptoe,  Gavett  or  Gayott, 
German,  Hopps,  Jigger,  and  Mr.  Minuter,  —  per- 
haps derived  from  "  minuet."  Mr.  Fling  lived  in 
Bristol,  N.H.  Mr.  Galliard  is  a  graduate  of  Yale. 
Chaussee  is  a  French  dramatic  writer  of  the  last 
century.  The  Marquis  of  Boul anger  subscribed  for 
Wild's  Dramas  (1805).  Rondelet  published  a  work 
on  Fishes  (1854).  One  of  our  Territorial  Governors 
was  named  Steptoe.  Families  of  Dance,  Fidler,  &c, 
are  found  in  England  ;  also  Steptoe,  Treadaway, 
and  Tune.  Mr.  Treadaway  was  graduated  at  Yale 
in  1759.  Mr.  Dance  was  a  midshipman  in  our  navy 
(1849).  Messrs.  Dance,  Dancer,  and  Fidler  also 
live  in  New  York.  Mr.  Waltz  lived  in  Buffalo, 
N.Y.,  in  1855. 

Mr.  Chasse  lives  at  Frazerville,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Jiggins, 
at  Beachville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Fiddler,  at  Puslinch, 
C.W.,  and  at  Lindsay,  C.W. ;  and  both  Dance  and 
Fidler  are  found  at  Toronto,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Dance,  Dancer, 
Dancey,  Fidler  and  Fidlar,  Fling,  Galliard,  and 
Hopp  ;  and  Walz  and  Waltz  are  very  common  names 
there.  Dancey  is  also  found  on  the  West-Point 
Catalogue.  Nathaniel  Dancer  was  a  well-known 
English  miser.     Miss  Shillitoe  was  lately  married. 


NAMES    FROM    COLORS.  165 

Colors  have  furnished  us  with  Hues  (1684)  and 
Staines,  and  an  endless  series  of  the  names  Brown, 
White,  Wight,  Gray,  Green,  and  Greene.  We  have 
also  Roan,  Greaney,  Sallowes  (1659),  Paler,  and 
several  specimens  of  Black  and  Scarlet.  This  last 
is  a  name  illustrious  in  English  law.  M.  Buff  is 
a  European  chemist ;  and  a  Mr.  Buff  lives  in  Rox- 
bury.  Mr.  Roane  was  an  engineer  in  the  navy  in  1849. 
Our  Mr.  Hallgreen  ("  all  green  ? ")  was  married, 
October,  1857.  Mr.  Dingy  was  murdered  in  Duchess 
County,  N.Y.,  October,  1857.  Lord  Campbell  refused 
to  allow  an  attorney  named  Violet  to  resume  practice, 
as  his  previous  character  had  been  black.  Le  Noir 
("black")  was  a  director  of  the  French  Museum. 
Our  Swartz  and  Dow  both  mean  "  black."  There 
is  a  curious  caprice  against  particular  colors.  Thus  I 
find  but  two  Purples  in  New  England,  —  one  at 
East  Haddam,  Conn.,  and  one  at  Gill,  Mass.,  —  and 
no  Crimson  or  Yellow  ;  though  the  latter  name  exists 
in  England,  as  do  also  the  names  of  Alabaster  and 
Nutbrown.  There  is  but  one  Blue  in  the  Direc- 
tory, though  many  look  and  feel  blue  on  'Change. 
Blue,  Blew,  and  Blewey  are  all  found  at  Hamilton, 
C.W.  Dane  cites  the  cases  of  Gawdy  and  Stain. 
Mr.  Gaudy  is  Mayor  of  Stoneham,  C.E. 

Mr.  Taney  (pronounced  "  tawny  ")  is  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  United  States.  Miss  Tauney  subscribed 
for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies  ;  "  as  did  also  several 
named  Tyntl,  and  Edward  Blackit,  Esq.     Paley  is 


166  NAMES    FROM    COLORS. 

one  of  the  finest  writers  in  the  language.  Thomas 
Brassey  was  an  eminent  railroad  engineer,  whose 
skill  is  especially  shown  on  the  Rouen  and  Havre 
Road.  Rev.  Mr.  Vermilye  is  a  clergyman  in  New- 
buryport.  Dr.  Green  how  was  an  assistant  surgeon 
in  our  navy  in  1849  ;  and  that  name  is  found  in 
Frankfort,  C.W.  Mr.  Green  sill  lives  at  Isle  du 
Pads,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Greenless,  at  Kilbride,  C.W.,  and 
at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Greenwell,  at  Raglan,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Greenslade,  at  Rodgersville,  C.W.  John  Brown 
made  a  deed  to  Moses  Black  in  L.  210,  f.  298 ;  and 
James  Brown  married  Hannah  White,  Jan.  17, 
1858.  Mr.  Reddish  sailed  from  Boston  in  a  Cunard 
steamer  in  March,  1858.  In  New  York  I  find  fami- 
lies of  Stain,  Stainburn,  Sulley,  Sully,  Pailler, 
Shade,  and  Ruddy  ;  also  four  families  of  Speck,  and 
a  Dr.  Purple.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  ten  families 
of  Dingie  ;  also  Darkies  and  Darker,  Ruddy, 
Brassy,  Daub,  Dotter,  Dotts,  Dye  and  Dyball, 
Speck  and  Spotts  ;  and  Messrs.  Greener,  Greenly, 
and  Green  wise. 

There  are  many  compounds  of  colors;  as  Black- 
man  (a  disagreeable  name,  by  the  way,  for  a  white 
young  lady),  Blacker,  Blackstock,  Blackstone, 
Blackden,  Blackhall,  Blackmer  ("  blackamoor'?  "), 
Blackmore,  Redding,  Redman,  Redfern,  Redpath, 
Brouner,  Browner  (L.  605,  f.  56),  Browning, 
Greenwood,  Greenough,  Greenleaf,  Greenslit. 
We  have  Harblue  (perhaps  derived  from  hair  of  a 


NAMES    FROM    COLORS.  167 

blue  color,  although  that  is  certainly  not  a  common 
shade),  Wightman,  Whiteman,  Whitman,  Whita- 
ker  (i.  e.,  "  white  acre  "),  Whitehorn,  Whiting, 
Whitechurch,  &c.  Miss  Whitest  appears  in  our 
Directory  for  1857.  We  have  also  a  Whitehouse 
here  as  well  as  at  Washington.  Mr.  Redpath  is 
the  great  English  forger.  Mr.  Redhouse  published  a 
Turkish  Dictionary  in  London  in  1857.  Mr.  Green- 
house, of  Montreal,  ought  to  have  a  taste  for  botany. 
Blackmore  was  a  well-known  English  physician 
and  poet.  England  has  also  its  Dr.  Whitely  ;  and 
Scotland,  its  Professor  Blackie.  In  London  there  is 
(1858)  a  firm  of  Del  Negro,  Candido,  and  Co. ;  also 
a  Mr.  Greenlees.  In  the  New-York  Directory  I 
find  families  of  Blackee,  Blackie,  Greenfield, 
Greenhill,  Greenoak,  Greensvvord,  Polegreen, 
Redgate,  Redline,  Redway,  Redwood,  Redfield, 
Whitbread  ("white  bread"),  Whiteall,  White- 
berry,  Whitefield,  Whitehill,  Whitehorne, 
Whitehorn,  Whitenock,  Whiteside,  Whitewright. 


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CHAPTER    XXI. 

NAMES  FROM   SOCIETY,  EDIFICES,  PARTS   OF  EDIFICES,   SIGNS 
OF  INNS,   BUILDING-MATERIALS,  FURNITURE,   &c. 

Civilized  life  has  given  us  Heiligenberg  (t.  e.,  "  holy 
mount "),  Cairns,  Hautville  (i.  £.,  "  high  city  "), 
Village,  Town,  Towne,  Province,  Parish,  County, 
Shire,  Burrough,  Ward,  Homes,  Burgess,  Burgh. 
Richard  Borough,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's 
maps.  Samuel  G.  City  was  a  gunner  in  our  navy  in 
1849.  Mr.  Middlestadt  (i.  £.,  "  middle  town  ")  lives 
in  Philadelphia. 

In  edifices  we  have  Temple,  Castle,  Castles,  Cas- 
tell,  Tower,  Chappell,  Chappel  (L.  673),  Church, 
Kirk,  Monkhouse,  House,  Newhouse,  Waterhouse, 
Moorhouse,  Woodhouse,  Stonehouse,  Brookhouse, 
Housen,  Hamblet,  &c.  English  mathematics  has  its 
Bonnycastle.  Mr.  Abbey  is  a  graduate  of  Yale  ; 
and  this  is  a  common  name  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Mailhouse  lives  at  New  Haven,  —  not  a  postmaster. 
Mr.  Carthouse  lives  at  Dubuque,  Iowa.  Sir  John 
Stonhouse  was  a  subscriber  to  Jones's  "Miscella- 
nies." The  firm  of  Newhouse,  Spats,  and  Co.  received 
a  consignment  from  California  in  April,   1857.     In 


NAMES    FROM    EDIFICES.  169 

the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855  are  found  Messrs. 
Mansion,  Hut,  Newhouse,  and  Threehouse.  Maison 
(French  for  "  house  ")  served  with  distinction  under 
Bonaparte.  Mr.  Hillhouse  was  a  graduate  of  Yale ; 
as  was  Mr.  Maison.  In  New  York  I  find  five  fami- 
lies of  Hardcastle,  one  Buttress,  and  Mr.  Minster. 
Mr.  Odion  lives  at  Portsmouth,  N.H. 

We  have  Lodge,  Booth,  Shed,  Shedd,  Stowers, 
Stoeher,  Block,  Cot  (t.  £.,  "  cottage  "),  Barn,  Barnes, 
Barnwell;  also  Mills,  Kingmill,  Rymill,  &c.  Mr. 
Barn  side  invented  a  breech-loading  carabine.  Mr. 
Block  lives  at  Newburyport ;  Mr.  Hamlet,  at  Dracut. 
In  New  York  are  families  of  Shopp  and  Shopps.  Mr. 
Stackhouse  is  found  in  the  Directory  of  1841. 
Mr.  Backhouse  makes  a  frequent  appearance  in  our 
Colonial  Records.  Mr.  Backhouse's  narrative  of  a 
visit  to  South  Africa  was  published  in  1839.  Rev.  Mr. 
Outhouse  is  a  clergyman  in  Hodgdon,  Me.  Both 
these  names  are  found  in  the  New-York  Directory ;  as 
is  also  that  of  Liftchild,  —  being  probably  all  derived 
from  foundlings.  He#ry  Stable,  Esq.,  lived  at 
Leicesterfields  in  1821 ;  and  among  the  subscribers 
to  the  Macklin  Bible  is  Mr.  Stables.  Mr.  Hutt  is  a 
member  of  the  British  Parliament  (1857).  Mr. 
Shoppee  and  Mr.  Hovel  live  in  London  (1858). 
Mr.  Cottman,  of  Louisiana,  subscribed  for  Agassiz' 
work.  In  England  are  found  the  names  of  Crucifix, 
Sanctuary,  and  Gallows.  Mr.  Gallow  lives  at 
Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Winterhalter,  at  Philadelphia. 

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170  NAMES    FROM    EDIFICES. 

Pew,  Steeple,  and  Spire  live  in  England.  Mr.  Spire 
appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857.  M.  Lacroix  is 
eminent  among  French  mathematicians.  Families  of 
Pew  are  found  in  our  vicinity,  and  at  Port  Robinson, 
C. W. ;  and  both  Pew  and  Pews,  in  Philadelphia ;  also 
Messrs.  Spire,  Spires,  and  Steepleton.  John  Pew 
was  a  defendant  in  the  United-States  Court  in  1856. 
Mr.  Bethell  was  passenger  in  a  Cunard  steamer 
(1857).  Mr.  Depew  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  A  Mr. 
Churchyard  is  mentioned,  in  1593,  in  Nichols's 
"  Progresses."  Churchyard's  "  Chips  "  was  pub- 
lished in  1817.  Churchill  was  the  family  name  of 
the  Duke  of  Marborough. 

Mr.  Bookstore  lives  in  Montreal.  Mr.  Bellhouse 
lives  at  Brantford,  C.W.,  and  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ; 
Messrs.  Gatehouse  and  Salthouse,  at  Montreal ;  Mr. 
Longhouse,  at  New  Hope,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Roadhouse,  at 
Newmarket,  C.W.,  and  at  Sydenham,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Woolhouse,  at  Port  Hope,  C.W.,  and  at  Hyacinthe, 
C.E. ;  Mr.  Fieldhouse,  at  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hole- 
house,  at  Quebec ;  Mr.  Stacrhouse,  at  St.  Andrew's, 
C.E. ;  Mr.  Backhouse,  at  St.  William's,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Barn,  at  Kingston,  C.W.,  and  also  at  Philadelphia ; 
Mr.  Lighthall,  at  Durham,  C.E.,  and  at  Hamilton, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Broomhall,  at  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Her- 
mitage lives  at  Quio,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Hutt,  at  St.  Cathe- 
rine's, C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Hutty  at  Toronto,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  ten  families  of  Newhouse, 
twenty-eight  families  of  Stackhouse,  Mr.   Spittal- 


NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    EDIFICES.  171 

house  (»'.  e.  "  hospital  "),  Mr.  Burrhouse,  Mr.  Kill- 
house,  and  seven  families  of  Drinkhouse,  —  these 
two  last  families  intimately  connected  ;  Mr.  Mar- 
ket, Mr.  Minster,  and  seven  families  of  New- 
kirk. 

Rev.  John  Bapst,  of  Thomaston,  Me.,  has  a  name 
resembling  John  the  Baptist.  Mr.  Bulpit,  though 
not  a  clergyman,  is  settled  at  Portland,  Me. 

The  parts  of  a  house  have  given  us  families  of 
Hall,  Newhall, Kitchen,  Laundry,  Buttery  (1663), 
Buttry,  Chamber,  Chambers,  Kammer  (German  for 
"  chamber  "),  Garrits,  Garrett,  Garratt  ;  also 
Woodroofe,  Room,  Roome,  Story,  Frame,  Gla  ss,  Glas, 
Fennester  ("  a  window "),  Flohr,  Whall,  Wall, 
Be ames  (1658),  Seling,  Rafter,  Lath,  Lathe,  Dore, 
Dohr,  Porch,  Banister,  Stayers,  Friese,  Rivet 
(1629),  Brackett,  Gates,  Woodgate  (L.  79,  f.  361  ; 
also  in  1629),  Post,  Pickett,  Fence,  Stiles,  Stile- 
man  (1657),  Latchet,  and  Barr.  Mr.  Latch,  of 
Spreadeagle,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Sill 
is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  In  L.  601  is  a  deed  of  Mr. 
Sellars.  Mr.  Plank  lives  at  Cumberland,  R.I.  ;  also 
at  Uxbridge,  C.W.  Verplank  is  one  of  the  great 
names  of  New  York.  Mr.  Eaves  also  lives  there, 
Capt.  Slate,  and  Mr.  Cornice.  Messrs.  Timber 
and  Lumber  lived  in  Buffalo,  NY.,  in  1855.  Mr. 
Vanear  lives  in  Monkton,  Vt.  Ten  families  of 
Shingle,  and  one  of  Shingles,  live  in  Philadelphia. 
We  have  Mrs.   Slates   living   among    us ;    also    the 


172  NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    EDIFICES. 

adjective  Garretty.  Mr.  Bolt  lives  in  Kent, 
Conn.  ;  also  in  Philadelphia  ;  Mr.  Pegg,  at  New 
Haven.  Catherine  Peg  was  one  of  the  favorites 
of  Charles  II.  Mr.  Post  is  a  Harvard  graduate.  Mr. 
William  Stairs  has  a  suit  in  our  Circuit  Court. 
Mr.  Pillars,  of  Ohio,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work. 
Mr.  Pyle  lives  in  Quebec  ;  Mr.  Dredge,  at  Toronto 
and  Montreal ;  and  Mr.  Derick,  at  St.  Thomas,  C.E., 
—  persons  who  might  well  erect  buildings  on  a 
watery  foundation. 

In  2  Denio,  Pep.  546,  is  the  case  of  a  Mr.  Gable. 
Dr.  Van  Oven,  of  London,  is  a  medical  writer.  Cib- 
ber's  "  Apology "  was  edited  by  Bellchambers  in 
1822.  Bishop  Blackhall's  Works,  in  folio,  are 
recommended  to  the  Harvard  students  of  1773 ;  as  is 
also  Blackwall's  "  Sacred  Classics  ;  "  also  Wall's 
work  on  Infant  Baptism.  Chambers's  Cyclopaedia  is 
a  standard  work.  Zimmer  ("  chamber  ")  and  Zimmer- 
man are  both  German  writers  of  note. 

Mr.  Beam  lives  at  Stevensville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Rafter, 
at  Montreal.  Mr.  Casement  is  postmaster  at  Lake- 
field,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Parlor  lives  at  St.  Catharine's, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Frame,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Cealens, 
at  Toronto,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Clat,  at  Philadelphia  ;  Mr. 
Eves,  at  Belleville,  C.W.,  and  at  Philadelphia ;  Mr. 
Lefloor,  at  Riceville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Bordridge,  at  St. 
Thomas,  C.W.  (probably  a  corruption  of  Bowditch)  ; 
Mr.  Gilding,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Gilt,  at  Phila- 
delphia.    Two  families  of  Funnell  (doubtless  a  cor- 


NAMES    FROM    PARTS    OF    EDIFICES.  173 

ruption  of  Faneuil)  live  in  Kingston,  C.W.  Mr. 
Bathgate  lives  at  Pefferlaw,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  I  also  find  four  families  of  Tim- 
bers, four  of  Wallwork,  five  of  Flue,  three  of 
Flues;  Messrs.  Gable,  Gabel,  and  Gabell;  Gar- 
retson,  Parlor,  Stairs,  and  Highgate.  The  Earl 
of  Stair  was  formerly  English  ambassador  to  France. 
Mr.  Stair  lived  in  Buffalo  in  1855. 

Families  of  Portico,  Parlour,  Casement,  Window, 
Lath,  Latch,  and  Sellar,  are  found  in  England. 

Pev.  Henry  Gabell  subscribed  for  Chau chard's 
maps.  Pev.  Mr.  Portall,  of  Exeter  College,  was  one 
of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers  ;  and  Mr.  Glass,  a  surgeon 
of  Oxford,  took  two  copies.  Consider  Glass  was  a 
painter  and  glazier  in  Norfolk  County  some  years 
since.  The  maiden  name  of  Mrs.  Clive,  the  actress, 
was  Paftor.  Locker's  "  Spanish  Scenery  "  was 
published  in  1824.  Mantell's  "Medals  of  Creation" 
was  published  in  London  in  1854.  Beam  is  a  very 
common  name  in  New  York ;  where  are  also  found 
families    of  Beams,    Board,    Plank,    Poof,   Walls, 

LlGHTHALL,  ZlMMER  and  ZlMMERMAN,  FlNSTER  ("  WH1- 

dow  "),  Gable,  Sill,  Woodgate,  Paling,  Stiles, 
Spiles,  Pegg,  &c.  Mr.  Lathe  lives  at  Clare- 
mont,  N.H.  ;  Mr.  Parleir,  at  Charleston,  Vt. ;  and 
Emerson  T.  Parlor,  fireman  of  the  "  Canonicus," 
at  Fall  River,  was  killed  (1857).  Mr.  Cellar  lives 
at  Windsor,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Door,  at  Jericho,  Vt.  Per- 
haps our  Sellers,  like  our  Sellars,  may  have  had 


174  NAMES    FROM    SIGNS    OF    INNS. 

an  architectural  origin.  Among  the  subscribers  to 
the  Macklin  Bible  I  find  the  names  of  Garrett, 
Glasse,  Wall,  &c.  The  Messrs.  Arch  flourished 
in  1828.  Mr.  Arch  appears  in  our  Directory  of 
1856.  Mr.  Creake  was  an  author  in  1754;  and 
Mr.  Dore,  in  1786.  Mr.  Overlocke  lives  at  Tho- 
maston,  Me.  Our  Mr.  Cutlock  has  a  most  burgla- 
rious name.  Mr.  Trulock  is  one  of  the  prosecuting 
attorneys  of  Indiana.  Mr.  Bedlock  lives  in  Phila- 
delphia. Mr.  Knoblock  lives  at  Montreal  ;  Mr. 
Knobbs,  at  Oakland,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Knubley,  at  Mon- 
treal ;  and  Messrs.  Nitch  and  Pannell,  at  Philadel- 
phia. Messrs.  Nobbs,  Creak,  and  Shutter  live  in 
London  (1858).  Caroline  Post  is  postmistress  at 
Gilead,  Conn.  ;  and  Charles  Post  is  postmaster  at 
Hebron,  Conn.  Mr.  Stairbird,  of  Carrol,  Me.,  has 
rather  a  nautical  than  an  architectural  sound.  Dane's 
"Abridgment"  cites  the  cases  of  Eaves  and  Pos- 
tern. 

Many  of  our  most  absurd  and  strange  names,  par- 
ticularly those  of  animals,  are  doubtless  derived  from 
signs  of  inns  and  other  like  objects.  Thus  Mr.  Turk 
may  have  come  from  Turkey,  or  he  rnay  have  been 
employed  at  the  Turk's  Head  Inn.  Summer  Street 
bore  successively  the  names  of  Mylne  Street  and 
Seven-Star  Lane,  from  its  leading  to  a  windmill, 
and  from  its  tavern  standing  on  the  site  of  Trinity 
Church.  So  Prince  Street  was  Black -Horse  Lane, 
from  the  tavern  in  it ;   and  Salutation  Alley  or  Street 


NAMES    FROM    BUILDING-MATERIALS.  175 

was  so  named  from  the  inn  at  its  entrance  on  Ann 
Street,  known  by  the  sign  of  "  The  Salutation,  or  the 
Two  Palaverers."  If  we  suppose  a  tavern  to  have 
existed  with  the  sign  of  a  litter  of  pigs  luxuriating 
at  their  mother's  breast,  —  which  would  certainly 
be  a  most  suggestive  emblem  of  the  parental  recep- 
tion which  awaited  its  guests,  their  satisfactory  fare, 
and  entire  contentment,  —  what  is  more  natural  than 
that  a  person  identified  with  this  locality,  as  landlord 
or  otherwise,  should  acquire  the  name  of  Pighog  % 

As  to  the  materials  of  our  houses,  we  have  Brick, 
Stone,  Freestone,  Iron  or  Jyons,  Marble,  Pew- 
ter, Tinney  (1658),  Brass,  &c.  T.  K.  Brick  and 
Co.'s  "  Fire-brick  Works "  are  in  South  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.  Our  navy  has  its  Commodore  Shubrick.  Mr. 
Neubrick  lives  in  New  York;  also  Mr.  Pimbrick 
and  Mr.  Zink  ;  and  there  are  seven  families  of  Zink 
in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Ma  stick  is  an  attorney  at 
San  Francisco.  Mr.  Stoneman  was  a  graduate  at  West 
Point.  Mr.  Nickle  lives  at  New  Glasgow,  C.E. 
Mr.  Ivory  was  a  colonist  in  1646  ;  and  that  name  is 
found  in  New  York,  where  are  also  families  of  Chris- 
tal,  Chrystal,  Cristal,  and  Crystal.  Mr.  Irons 
lives  at  Mystic  Bridge,  Conn.,  and  at  Kingston,  C.W. 
Mr.  Sayles  Irons  was  a  late  plaintiff  in  our  courts. 
Mr.  Spike  lives  at  Harrowsmith,  C.W.  An  under- 
graduate of  Harvard  College  is  named  Brick.  Dane 
cites  the  case  of  Mr.  Brickwood  ;  and  this  name  is 
found  in  Kingston,  C.W. 


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NAMES    FROM    HOUSEHOLD    ARTICLES. 


Inside  of  our  houses  may  be  found  many  a  living 
Hamock,  Couch,  Cushing,  Mattrass,  Cribbs,  Rugg, 
Divan  (1656),  Curtain,  Curtin,  Bolster,  Bureau, 
Stove,  Spitz,  Holder,  Lampe,  Lampee,  Matt,  Tray, 
&c.  Mr.  Matte  lives  in  Cap  Sante,  CE. ;  and  no  less 
than  seventeen  families  of  Bureau  are  found  in  Que- 
bec. In  Philadelphia  I  find  Brush,  Brusher,  and 
eleven  families  of  Broom.  Mr.  Thickbroom,  of  New 
York,  would  make  an  efficient  mayor  of  that  city. 
Margery  Rugs  was  whipped  (1640).  Mr.  Bocking 
lives  in  London  (1858).  In  New  York  are  found 
families  of  Tabele,  Bench,  and  Dais.  Mr.  Wedge- 
wood  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857.  Mr.  Tre- 
vett  (an  old  word  for  a  "  three-legged  stool  ")  died  in 
1822.  Besom  exists  as  a  name,  though  obsolete  as  a 
word.  One  Beasom  has  charge  of  the  High  School  at 
Nashua.  Among  the  public  men  of  Indiana,  and 
also  among  the  graduates  of  Harvard,  is  a  Mr. 
Sheets  ;  and  Sheets  is  a  common  name  in  Philadel- 
phia. Mr.  Sheatin  lives  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  Mr. 
Quilter  was  a  colonist  in  1679.  Mr.  Cribb  was 
whipped  in  1630.  Both  Quilt  and  Swing  are  found 
in  the  Directory  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  for  1855  ;  and  we 
have  Mr.  Tuck  and  Mr.  Tuckwell.  Mr.  Soffee 
died  in  1794.  Mr.  Sopher  lives  at  Bristol,  Vt.  The 
name  of  Sackenbotam  is  found  in  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Bedgood  made  a  deed  (L.  54,  f.  140).  Both 
Beddome  and  Bedloe  are  names  known  in  English 
literature.     Mr.  Quilty  lives  in  New  York.     Rear- 


NAMES    FROM    HOUSEHOLD    ARTICLES.  177 

Admiral  Blankett  was  a  British  officer  in  the  wars 
against  Napoleon.  Mr.  Caddy  lives  at  Plainfield, 
Vt.  Mr.  Lamp  lives  at  Norwich,  Conn. ;  and  Mr. 
Wick,  at  Guilford,  Conn.,  and  in  Philadelphia. 
Wickware,  Wick,  Wickes,  Wicks,  are  all  found  in 
New  York.  Dane  cites  the  case  of  Mr.  Candell. 
Mr.  Candlish  lives  at  St.  Therese  de  Bleinville,  C.E. 
Wicke's  Works  were  published  in  1761.  Wightwick 
wrote  "Hints  to  Young  Architects."  I  own  Be- 
wick's "  Fables."  Mr.  Oyles  was  a  subscriber  to  the 
«  Odyssey."  Mr.  Oill  lives  at  St.  Catherine's,  C.W. 
If  we  wish  to  see  the  candle  swale,  we  can  do  so  in 
Miss  Jones's  subscription-list.  Both  Swail  and 
Swale  live  in  Montreal.  H.  Sockett,  Esq.,  sub- 
scribed for  Chauchard's  maps.  Rushworth's  "  His- 
torical Collections  "  is  not  a  light  work.  Mr.  Shine 
appears-  in  our  Directory  ;  and  Mr.  Shoner  lets  his 
deeds  be  seen  in  our  'Registry. 


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178 


CHAPTER   XXII. 

NAMES    FKOM   STREETS,  UTENSILS,  &c. 

On  leaving  our  houses,  we  meet  and  converse  with 
Messrs.  Street,  Rhoades,  Rohde,  Lane,  Alley, 
Ridgway,  Way,  Bridge,  Lowbridge,  and  Draw- 
bridge (L.  636).  Our  Shimmin  is  probably  a  cor- 
ruption of  chemin  ("  a  way  ").  Mr.  Chemin  made  a 
deed  in  1857.  Messrs.  Causey,  Walbridge,  Lilli- 
bridge,  and  Longstreet  are  all  graduates  of  Yale. 
We  have  had  a  Gov.  Bradstreet  (i.  e.,  "  broad 
street").  Lieut.  J.  Longstreet  served  in  the  Mexi- 
can war.  Berrystreet's  "  Sermons  "  appears  in  the 
Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.  Strada  ("street")  is 
an  eminent  Italian  historian.  Mr.  Causey  is  Gover- 
nor of  Delaware  (1856).  In  New  York  I  find  Mr. 
Pathe.  Broadway  and  Co.  failed  in  London  in  1857. 
Burton's  "Diary"  was  edited  in  London  (1828)  by 
Rutt.  We  have  also  families  of  Rutty,  Rutz,  and 
Hubbell.  Mr.  Rutty  was  an  English  writer  in  1772. 
In  Salem  is  a  family  of  Longeway.  Gutterson  is  a 
common  name  with  us.  Mr.  Gutterman  was  pas- 
senger in  a  late  Cunard  steamer.  Mr.  Guttering 
became  a  freeman  in  1642.     Mr.  Crossway  lives  at 


NAMES    FROM    UTENSILS.  179 

Hamilton,  C.W.;  Mr.  Brad  way  (i.e.,  "  broad  way"), 
at  London,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Roads,  at  Toronto,  C.W. 
Messrs.  Path,  Pathman,  and  Road,  all  live  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

The  following  utensils  and  articles  may  be  pur- 
chased of  persons  bearing  the  same  names ;  viz., 
Viall,  Ewer,  Pitcher,  Grater,  Cann,  Can,  Bason, 
Chalice  (1680),  Challis,  Brush,  Broome,  Hone, 
Box,  Bowles,  Bolles,  Boles,  Biggin,  Butt,  Butts, 
Tubbs,  Tank,  Binns,  Hodde,  Kettle,  Toole,  Ham- 
mer, Mallet,  Crain,  Lash,  Bell,  Standish,  Potts, 
Pottle,  Pott  (L.  608),  Spade,  Mattock  (L.  32,  f.  26), 
Barrow,  Barrows,  Sickels,  and  Chirnes.  We  have 
also  Mr.  Binns,  Binney,  &c.  Mr.  Hatchet  was  a 
colonist  in  1639;  and  Mr.  Axey  was  deputy  from 
Lynn  (1654).  Mr.  Benjamin  Saucer  is  noticed 
in  the  Colony  Records  (1654).  Mr.  Harrow  was 
married  in  1857.  Capt.  A.  S.  Hooe,  of  the  U.  S. 
army,  served  during  the  Mexican  war.  Von  Hammer 
was  a  distinguished  Orientalist.  In  the  New- York 
Directory  I  find  families  of  Panne,  Plate,  Platt, 
Platte,  Platter,  Wares,  Witherspoon,  Wother- 
spoon  ;  also  Messrs.  Tool,  Toole  ;  Messrs.  Wain  and 
Teather  ;  Messrs.  Sickle,  Sickles,  Sicklemore,  and 
Sythe  ;  Mr.  Plows,  Mr.  Shears,  Mr.  Axman,  Mr. 
Awl,  Mr.  Caske,  and  Mr.  Chest.  Families  of  Skil- 
let and  Pestel  live  in  London  (1858). 

Mr.  Shear  lives  at  Canton,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Shears,  at 
the  City  of  the  Falls,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Cleaver,  at  Low- 


180  NAMES    FROM    UTENSILS. 

ville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Plough,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Vansickle,  at  Lynden,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Dray,  at  Mon- 
treal ;  Mr.  Ladle,  at  Canton,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Leadle,  at 
Quebec;  Mr.  Bowl,  at  Mt.  Elgin,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Basin, 
at  Ottowa,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Juggs,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Jarman,  at  London,  C.W.  Mr.  Bowdish  also  lives 
in  that  city.  This  is  a  corruption  of  Bo wd itch  ; 
which  name  was  spelt  in  the  like  erroneous  manner 
in  the  early  records  of  Salem,  Mass. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  eight  families  of  Axe,  one 
Awl,  and  one  Aull  ;  Mr.  Caulter,  Mr.  Chizel, 
and  Mr.  Cleaver.  Hammer  is  common  there.  I 
also  find,  in  that  city,  Mr.  Inkhammer  and  Mr.  Long- 
hammer,  Mr.  Churn,  six  families  of  Caskey,  six  of 
Castor  ;  Messrs.  Boal,  Bottel,  Bottles,  Biggin  ; 
Messrs.  Pann,  Plate,  Platter,  and  Shellcup  ;  also 
Mr.  Breake,  —  a  dangerous  neighbor  for  such  a 
brittle  company.  Mr.  Breakey  lives  at  New  Liver- 
pool, C.E. ;  and  Mr.  Spillet,  at  Newtown  Robinson, 
C.W. 

Mr.  Cleaver,  Mr.  Hatchett,  and  Miss  Hatchet, 
are  among  the  subscribers  to  the  Macklin  Bible. 
Indiana  has  its  Judge  Pitcher.  Mr.  Hamor  lives  at 
East  Eden,  Me. ;  Mr.  Augur  and  Mrs.  Toole,  at  New 
Haven.  Mr.  Crain  was  a  midshipman  in  our  navy 
in*  1849.  There  was,  in  1821,  a  Thomas  Barrow, 
Esq.,  of  Manchester.  Bushell's  Works  were  pub- 
lished in  1660;  Butts's  Poems,  in  1795;  Koop's 
Works,  in  1801.     Mallet  wrote  in  1740  ;  Neadler, 


NAMES    FROM    UTENSILS.  181 

in  1665.  Among  the  Yale  graduates  of  1824  was 
Mr.  Spayd.  Sir  Cloudesly  Shovel  lived  a  hundred 
and  fifty  years  ago;  and  Archdeacon  Pott,  in  1821. 
Mr.  Bole  lives  at  South  Ryegate,  Vt.  Among  Miss 
Jones's  subscribers  I  find  Mr.  Cann,  Mrs.  Ewer,  and 
Mr.  Ewers.  There  were  Roman  families  of  Piso  ("  a 
mortar  "),  Patina  ("  a  stew-pan  "),  &c. 


182 


CHAPTER    XXIII. 

NAMES  FROM  MATHEMATICS,  LOGIC,  LITERATURE,   LAW. 

Mathematics  has  its  living  Co  an,  Cone,  Force  (L.  91, 
f.  156),  Given,  &c.  ;  and  very  abstract  ideas  are  repre- 
sented by  men  and  women.  Thomas  Line  was  a 
colonist  in  1637.  Mr.  Degree  lives  at  Hinesboro', 
Vt. ;  Mr.  Ratio,  at  Bromfield,  Me.  ;  Mr.  Force,  at 
Charlemont ;  Mr.  Vary,  at  South  Berwick,  Me.  ; 
another  Mr.  Given,  at  Brunswick,  Me.  Mr.  Power 
holds  an  official  station  among  us.  Mr.  Masse  pub- 
lished a  work  on  Commercial  Law,  in  1846,  in  Paris ; 
and  Mr.  Matter  also  published  a  work  there  in  1841. 
La  Place  was  the  greatest  of  French  mathematicians. 
Mr.  De  L' Angle  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscella- 
nies." Mr.  Angles  and  Mr.  Bevil  live  in  New 
York ;  as  does  also  Mr.  Base,  —  whom  in  charity  I 
ought,  perhaps,  to  place  here  rather  than  among 
names  from  moral  traits.  There  are  no  less  than  five 
families  named  Cozine  and  Cosine  in  the  New-York 
Directory  ;  where  I  also  find  Line,  Lines,  Planes, 
Lever,  Lens,  Place,  and  Sypher,  &c.  Mr.  Anglin 
lives  at  Brewer's  Mills,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Angleman,  at 
Philadelphia ;    Mr.   Point,   at  Sandwich,   C.W.,  and 


NAMES    FROM    LOGIC    AND    LITERATURE.  183 

Philadelphia.  Mr.  Rule  lives  at  Port  Hope,  C.W. 
In  Philadelphia  I  also  find  families  of  Force,  Sign, 
and  Lines.  Lord  Ellenborough,  in  1818,  wished  that 
Sargeant  Lens  might  be  his  successor,  —  a  decidedly 
astronomical  name.  Mr.  Level  lived  in  Buffalo,  N.Y., 
in  1855. 

Logic  is  well  represented  in  New  York  by  Mr. 
Such,  Mr.  Test,  Mr.  Pledge,  Mr.  Quest,  Mr.  Cleu, 
and  Mr.  Poser.  Mr.  Gist  was  surveyor  for  the  Ohio 
Company  a  hundred  years  ago.  Mr.  Mood  lives  in 
Philadelphia.  Test  is  a  common  name  there.  Mr. 
Method  lives  in  Quebec ;  and  Mr.  Pozer,  at  St. 
George's,  C.E.  Origen  is  a  great  name  in  the  early 
Christian  church. 

Literature  has  its  Schoolcraft,  Learned,  Riddle, 
Maxim,  Gloss,  Spellman,  Worde  (1642),  Quillman, 
Write  (1648),  Grammer  ;  and  Reading,  Read, 
Skanning,  Scribner,  Scollard,  Scrivener,  Printy, 
Usher,  Schouler,  Tomes,  Lines,  Rymes,  Hebard, 
Bardwell,  and  Lay.  We  have  also  Nibbs,  Marky, 
Labell,  Conn,  Slate,  Wax,  Wafer,  &c.  Perhaps 
Mr.  Seal  belongs  here,  rather  than  among  the  speci- 
mens of  animated  nature.  It  is  certain  that  Mr. 
Sigel  was  wrecked  in  the  "Central  America "  (1857). 
In  New  York  I  find  Messrs.  Seal,  Seals,  Sealer, 
and  Sealy. 

Mr.  Scrivener  published  a  history  of  the  iron 
trade.  Sir  Henry  Spelman  was  a  distinguished 
antiquary.     Mr.    Scholer,    of  Iowa,    subscribed   for 


184  NAMES    FROM    LITERATURE. 

Agassiz' work.  Mr.  Shoolbred  {%,  e.,  "school-bred") 
is  a  graduate  of  Yale ;  as  is  also  Mr.  Righter  ;  both 
of  whom  spell  their  names  in  an  illiterate  manner. 
Auguste  Eugene  Scribe  is  a  celebrated  French  dra- 
matist. Messrs.  Letterman  subscribed  for  Chauchard's 
maps.  Miss  Reading  subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscel- 
lanies." Mrs.  Centlivre  did  not  publish  as  many 
books  as  her  name  would  indicate.  Among  German 
naturalists  is  Buch  (i.  £.,  "  book  ").  J.  B.  Budget 
has  just  published  a  treatise  on  tobacco,  not  on 
finance.  Mr.  Conover  is  Commissioner  of*  the  Board 
of  Public  Works  in  Ohio ;  and,  in  the  New-York 
Directory,  I  find  forty  families  of  that  name. 

In  England  are  families  of  Style,  Rymer,  Poet, 
Bards,  Sermon,  &c.  Thomas  Sermon,  Esq.,  sub- 
scribed for  Chauchard's  maps.  Mrs.  Laye  was  a 
subscriber  to  the  Macklin  Bible.  Mr.  Muse  was,  in 
1849,  assistant  messenger  in  the  navy  office  at  Wash- 
ington. Father  Couplet  was  one  of  the  missionaries 
to  China.  Thomas  Rymer' s  Works  are  as  far  as  possi- 
ble from  being  poetical.  Rev.  Mr.  Bard  lives  at  Free- 
port,  Me.  ;  Mr.  Bardwell,  at  Cambridge.  There  is 
a  Dr.  Poet  in  San  Francisco  ;  and  Mr.  Poet  lives  at 
Kingston,  C.W.  Mr.  Maxhum  lives  at  Pomfret, 
Conn.  Mr.  Morrow,  of  Maine,  sailed  for  Europe  in 
a  late  steamer  (1857).  Thomas  Idyl  was  robbed 
in  North  Street  in  1856.  Mr.  Parradee  lives  at 
Vergennes,  Vt.  Dr.  Syntax  has  probably  no  repre- 
sentative out  of  the  realms  of  fiction.     Capt.  Stamp 


NAMES    FROM    LITERATURE.  185 

was  lately  wrecked.  Mr.  Grammer  and  Mr.  Riddle 
are  both  law-students  at  Harvard.  Mr.  Truant 
made  a  deed  (L.  27,  f.  261).  Mr.  Teachem  lately 
died  at  Westport,  Me.  Mr.  Teachout  lives  in  Essex, 
Vt. ;  and  Mr.  Stiles,  at  Middleton,  Conn.  Perry's 
"  Expedition  to  Japan "  has  been  abridged  by  Mr. 
Tomes.  One  of  the  earliest  printers  was  the  celebrated 
Wynken  de  Worde.  Messrs.  Stopps,  Commal,  and 
Colon,  all  live  in  New  York ;  where  are  also  found 
families  of  Book,  Booker,  Bookman,  Scollard, 
Reader,  Reading,  Letter,  Letterman,  Penwell, 
Penman,  Quill,  Larner,  Primer,  Lattin,  Utter, 
Trope,  Style,  Styles,  Parcy,  and  Musy,  &c. 

Mr.  Fabel  lives  at  Chatham,  C.W. ;  and,  in  Phila- 
delphia, there  are  four  families  of  Fable  ;  also  Messrs. 
Muse  and  Paradee.  Mr.  Versey  lives  at  Canfield, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Penphraise,  at  Cobourg,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Learn,  at  Ridgeway,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lingo,  at  West 
Port,  C.W.,  and  at  Philadelphia  ;  Mr.  Spellin,  at 
Toronto.  Mr.  Tuype,  of  that  city,  goes  for  printing. 
Mr.  Nibbet  seems  to  prefer  manuscript.  Both  Quire 
and  Ream  are  found  in  Philadelphia,  and  furnish 
writing  materials.  In  that  city  I  find  also  a  Mr. 
Wrighter,  nineteen  families  of  Righter,  and  eight 
families  of  Roat  ;  also  eight  families  of  Book, 
Mr.  Bookman,  Mr.  Spell,  Mr.  Spellbrink,  Mr. 
Spellenbuch,  and  two  families  of  Word.  Quil 
appears  in  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855.  Mr. 
Barrable   ("  parable  !  ")   lives   in   London   (1858). 

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186  NAMES    FROM    LAW. 

Miss  Ledger  subscribed  for  Wild's  Dramas  (1805), 
having  a  business  rather  than  a  literary  name. 

Mr.  Bookstore,  of  Montreal,  has  been  mentioned 
among  names  derived  from  edifices;  but  he  is  also 
entitled  to  a  separate  paragraph,  as  the  very  embodi- 
ment of  literature. 

Law   has  furnished   many  names  of  families ;   as 
Brass  (its  raw  material),  Wyles,  Law,  Laws,  Law- 
less, Coad  (73,  f.  151),  Codey,  Court,  Leet,  Roll, 
Record,  Docket,  Case,  Traverse,  Levy,  Chancel- 
lor,   Mace,    Judge,    Justice,    Foreman,    Sheriff, 
Sheriffs,   Constable,    Marshall,    Beadle,    Crier, 
Sumner*  (i.e.,  "  summoner  "),  Warning,  Warner, 
Warn,  Sessions,  Dunn,  Dunham,  Dunning,  Jewett, 
Sew  all,  Fee,  Fines,  Bail,  Lien,  Search,  Ferriter, 
Nabb,  Ketchum.     Mr.  Getum  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W. 
Mr.  Fetchem  appears  in  the  Middlesex  Records ;  also 
Mr.  Greaves.      Greaves's  Miscellaneous  Works  ap- 
pears on  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.     I  do  not 
add  Leys  to  this  collection;  though  it  is  justified  by 
the    conundrum,   "  Why  is  a  lawyer  like  a  person 
who  cannot  sleep  at  night  ?  "  —  "  Because  he  first  lies 
on  one  side,  and  then  lies  on  the  other." 

Mr.  Leet  lives  at  Brownington,  Conn.     Mr.  Leete 
is  a  graduate  of  Yale.     Giles  Firman  was  appointed 


*  Charles  Sumner  is  indeed  a  "  summoner,"  whose  warning  voice  in  behalf 
of  freedom  and  humanity  will  ring  through  the  ages.  There  is  no  more  pleasing 
incident  recorded  in  the  history  of  Massachusetts  than  his  recent  re-appointment, 
by  an  almost  unanimous  vote  of  her  Legislature,  to  his  high  post  of  duty  in  the 
Senate  of  the  nation. 


NAMES    FROM    LAW.  187 

to   serve   writs,    in    1641,    at  Ipswich.      Mr.    Teste 
lives    in  Salem  ;    and  Mr.   Records,  at  Fall  River. 
Messrs.  Doe  and  Roe  are  not  fictitious  personages. 
Mr.   Warrant,  Mr.    Argue,    and   Mrs.    Countsell, 
all  live  in  New  York  ;   as  does  also  Mr.  Writmire, 
—  a  most  suggestive  name.     J.  G.  Fee,  of  Madison, 
Ky.,  is  a  clergyman,  having  apparently  mistaken  his 
profession.     Pulling  and  Pynchon  was  an  old  law- 
firm  in  Salem,  colloquially  called  Pullem  and  Pinch- 
em.     Mr.  Sheard,  of  Toronto,  has  a  name  appropriate 
to  a  patron  of  the  law.     Dane  cites  the  law-cases  of 
Legal,   Title,    Fairtitle,    Goodtitle,    Fetter,  &c. 
England  has  its  family  of  Catchpole.     Messrs.  Bye 
and  Law  are  a  London  publishing  firm  ;  and  among 
the  subscribers  to  the  Macklin  Bible  are  Mr.  Court, 
Mr.  Foreman,  and  Mr.  Law.    Mr.  Rule  was  an  author, 
who  wrote  in  1766.     Shackell  was  a  London  prin- 
ter in  1825.     James  Summons  was  sentenced  to  be 
hung  in  Ohio  (1857).     Daniel  W.  Courts  is  Trea- 
surer of  North  Carolina  (1856).     Mr.  Bailieff  arrived 
here  in  a  Cunard  steamer  (September,  1857).     Mr. 
Lawman  lives  at  Wellfleet,  Mass.     In  New  York  I 
find  families  of  Dun,  Dunner,  Detter,  Duely,  Ittem 
("item"),  Legal,  &c.  ;  also  Satchell,  which  seems 
to   belong   here,    as    a   green    bag    was    formerly    a 
lawyer's  badge. 

Mr.  Brason  lives  at  Walters  Falls,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Suttle,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Latorney,  at  Kings- 
ton, C.W.  ;  Mr.  Argue,  at  Ashton,  C.W. ;  and  three 


188 


NAMES    FROM    LAW. 


families  of  that  name  are  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Jury  lives  at  Carp,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Jurey,  at  Prince  Al- 
bert, C.W.  ;  Mr.  Writt,  at  Kincora,  C.W.  ;  and  both 
Mr.  Catchpole  and  Mr.  Warrant,  at  London,  C.W. 
Mr.  Handgrave  (i.  e.,  "  hand-greave,"  or  "  fetter  ") 
lives  at  Ste.  Therese  de  Blainville,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Shackell, 
at  Toronto;  and  Mr.  Rivet,  at  St.  Thomas,  C.E. 
The  Messrs.  Deeds,  of  Toronto  and  of  Philadelphia, 
may  be  regarded  as  the  representatives  of  conveyan- 
cing. Mr.  Search,  of  Stewarttown,  C.W.,  and  Mr. 
Flaws,  of  St.  Mary's,  C.W.,  perhaps  belong  to  the 
same  department  of  the  law. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Bailiff,  Bilboe,  Fet- 
ter, Fetters,  Fetch,  and  Cought  ;  Messrs.  Sarch, 
Serch,  and  Search;  five  families  of  Triol,  and  three 
families  of  Fees.  I  also  find  there  families  of  Justus, 
Justis,  Justice,  Juery,  and  Jurist.  Lex  is  a  com- 
mon name  there.  I  find,  likewise,  Mr.  Records, 
and  two  families  each  of  Regester  and  Register. 
Among  the  graduates  at  West  Point  I  find  Messrs. 
Fetterman,  Sitgreaves,  Irons,  and  Shackleford. 

Among  Miss  Jones's  subscribers  are  Miss  Case, 
Mrs.  Foreman,  and  Mr.  Travers.  Joseph  Ruse, 
Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  A  Dr.  Codex 
was  distinguished  for  his  high-church  zeal  in  the 
time  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole.  Among  French  writers, 
few  have  acquired  greater  popularity  than  Sue. 

Gen.  Sheriffs  was  a  subscriber  to  Thomson's 
"  Seasons,"  uniting  in  himself  both  civil  and  military 


NAMES    FROM    LAW.  189 

powers.  Sir  Walter  Scott  was  involved  by  the  fail- 
ure of  Mr.  Constable.  The  law  is  supposed  to  be 
expensive;  but  among  the  latest  English  publica- 
tions is  one  by  Mr.  Shillinglaw.  Mr.  Sparrow  was 
a  member  of  our  bar  in  1839.  Mr.  Sparhawk  (i.  e., 
"  sparrow-hawk  ")  has  a  more  appropriate  name  ;  as 
have  also  Mr.  Shears,  Mr.  Shearer,  Mr.  Skinner, 
Mr.  Keen,  and  Mr.  Scaley.  Mr.  Trick  was  per- 
mitted to  serve  on  the  Grand  Jury  (1674)  ;  and 
another  of  that  name  lives  at  Bowmanville,  C.W. 
Mr.  Blacklaw  lives  in  New  York.  Mr.  Carlaw,  of 
the  same  city,  can  give  only  travelling  advice.  Mr. 
Greenlaw  would  seem  to  be  equally  unreliable.  If 
the  law  be  viewed  as  one  of  the  black  arts,  as  was 
was  once  suggested  by  the  late  Douglas  Jerrold,  it  is 
a  curious  coincidence  that  its  chief  ministers  are 
Coke  and  Blackstone. 

We  have  two  names  which  seem  amenable  to  the 
law,  —  Mr.  Swindle,  Mr.  Swindell,  and  Mr.  Robb  ; 
and,  unless  Mr.  Sharper  and  Mr.  Trickey  are  care- 
ful, their  names  will  bring  them  into  trouble.  This 
last  name  is  very  common  in  Bangor ;  but  it  is  not 
known  whether  the  family  own  Eastern  lands.  Mr. 
Hooker  has  also  an  equivocal  name.  Sharpey's 
"  Human  Anatomy "  was  published  in  London  in 
1848.     Mr.  Tricker  lives  in  Philadelphia. 


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CHAPTER    XXIV. 

NAMES  FROM  MONEY  AND  THRIFT,  AND  THEIR  OPPOSITES. 

Money  has  its  representatives  in  families  of  Money, 
Schatz  (German  for  "  treasure  "),  Fortune,  Means, 
Coin,  Coyne,  Cashman,  Cash,  Cashdollar,  Flush, 
Tylls  (1639),  Till,  Hopper,  Bill,  Gold,  Gould, 
Goulden,  Golden,  Silver,  Siller,  Crown,  Min- 
ter,  &c.  For  many  years  a  suit  of  Dunham 
vs.  Cashdollar  was  pending  in  our  courts.  Mr. 
De  Silver  was  a  naval  storekeeper  in  1849. 
Mr.  Copperman,  Mr.  Coppers,  and  Mr.  Grote,  all 
appear  in  the  New-York  Directory ;  as  do  also  Mr. 
Mony,  Mr.  Moneypenny,  and  Mr.  Markthaler 
(or  "  mark-dollar  "),  Mr.  Thaler  (German  for 
"  dollar  "),  Mr.  Barn  dollar,  Mr.  Bank,  and  the 
analogous  names,  which  it  suggests,  of  Mr.  Brittell 
and  Mr.  Burst.  Miss  Cost  was  married  in  Boston, 
April  7,  1857.  Mr.  Goldman,  of  Fulton  City,  III, 
became  insolvent  in  1857.  Mr.  Hitch  is  a  graduate 
of  Yale.  Rich  is  a  very  common  name.  The  late 
election  resulted  in  the  loss  to  Mr.  Poore  of  a  barrel 
of  apples.  By  an  exchange  of  currency,  England  has 
a  Mill  ;   while  we  have  a  Penny,  Hapenny,  Half- 


names  from  money.  191 

penny,  Pence,  Penniman,  Groate  (1656),  Croune 
(1660),  Sterling,  &c.  A  Mr.  Ruble,  of  Massachu- 
setts, had  his  name  changed  in  1846.  The  Peruvian 
minister  to  this  country,  lost  in  the  "Central  Ame- 
rica" (1857),  was  named  Sequin.  We  have  also 
Schellinx  (i.e.,  "  shilling "),  Mark,  Marks,  Duckett, 
and  Franc.  Mr.  Markes  lives  in  Fletcher,  Vt. 
The  families  of  Twopenny,  Farthing,  and  Groat, 
however,  have  remained  in  England  ;  and  Mr.  Ducat 
is  also  found  there.  Dane  cites  the  case  of  Ruble. 
John  Pounds  established  the  ragged-school  system. 
Mr.  Grote  is  the  historian  of  Greece. 

Sovereign  is  found  at  Bronte,  C.W.,  Paris,  C.W., 
and  at  Wellington,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Ryno,  at  London, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Treadgold,  at  Toronto  ;  Mr.  Riches,  at 
Quebec  ;  Mr.  Costley,  at  Camelford,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Stiver,  at  Buttonville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Groat,  at  Arkono, 
C.W.,  and  at  Calumet  Island,  C.E.  Jonn  Farthings 
lives  at  Port  Burwell,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Reals,  at  Cobourg, 
C.W.  Perhaps  Mr.  Pound,  of  Quebec,  belongs  in 
this  company. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Armgold,  Coffre, 
Coin,  Cost,  Summ  ;  Messrs.  Heap  and  Heaps  ;  three 
families  of  Forten,  two  of  Fortin,  and  three  of  For- 
tune ;  Messrs.  Pennyfather  and  Pennypacker  ; 
Messrs.  Stiver  and  Stivers  ;  Mr.  Barringdollar, 
Mr.  Farthing,  and  even  Mr.  Cent  ! 

Mr.  Check  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  Wil- 
liam Millions,   one   of  Walker's  "  fillibusters,"   re- 


192  NAMES    FROM    THRIFT,    ETC. 

turned  to  New  York  utterly  penniless  (July,  1857). 
On  the  contrary,  Mark  Brummagim  and  Co.  were 
consignees  of  fourteen  thousand  dollars  in  gold  from 
California  in  October,  1857  ;  and  Mr.  Pinchbeck 
lives  in  New  York. 

Thrift  is  represented  by  Thrift,  Hoard,  Heap, 
Tyte  (1663),  Close,  Gladwin,  Gain,  Gainer  (1648), 
Gainor,  Gane,  Garner,  Stockwell,  Winn,  Pen- 
sion, Gettings,  Pickens,  Picup,  Holding,  Cribbin, 
Cribby,  More,  Muchemore,  Muchmore,  Pa  ye,  Land, 
Loveland,  Noland,  Micklefield,  &c.  One  of  the 
judges  of  Missouri  is  named  Lackland.  Mr.  Scant- 
land  was  a  midshipman  in  the  year  1849.  The 
Lieut-Governor  of  Tobago  is  named  Shortland. 
Our  Mr.  Haviland  seems  to  doubt  about  his  real- 
estate  investments.  Littlefield  is  very  common  in 
all  senses.  Mr.  Morehouse  lives  at  Highgate,  Vt, 
and  is  also  found  among  the  graduates  of  Yale.  Mr. 
Grist  left  that  institution  in  1848.  Mr.  Manypenny 
is  Agent  for  Indian  Affairs.  Mr.  Borrow  is  a  gra- 
duate of  Yale.  Mr.  Borrows  is  found  in  our  late 
Probate  Records.  George  Borrow  is  a  well-known 
English  author.  One  Mr.  Gains  made  a  deed  in 
L.  44,  f.  274.  Another  Mr.  Gains  lives  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Our  army  has  its  Gen.  Gaines.  Mr.  Pick 
lives  at  Providence,  R.I. 

We  have,  in  Boston,  a  Miss  Charity  Pickens. 
Begg  is  a  very  common  name  in  New  York ;  where 
are  also  found  Beggs  and  Beggins,  Bare  and  Bare- 


NAMES  FROM  MONEY,  THRIFT,  ETC.       193 

more,  Faile  and  Failing.  Mr.  Mickell,  of  New 
York,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work ;  as  did  also  Mr. 
Getty.  In  New  York  are  found  families  of  Get- 
ter, Getting,  Smalpenny,  Tyte,  Picken,  Pick,  and 
even  Myser.  Eno  (i.  e.,  "  enough  ")  exists  only  in 
the  Directory  of  New  York;  and  Mr.  Ernall,  of 
that  city,  has  the  best  name  for  attaining  that  object. 
That  city  has  also  families  of  Fortune,  Fortu- 
nati,  Heap,  Heape,  Heritage,  Lucre,  Loning, 
Lender,  Purss,  Ryno,  Rino,  Shiner,  Penney,  Penny, 
Shilling,  Paer,  Pa  ye  ;  and,  on  the  other  hand,  I 
find  Spender,  Waste,  &c,  and  the  names  before 
enumerated  (p.  21). 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monypenny  both  patronized  Jones's 
"  Miscellanies."  Mickle  translated  the  "  Lusiad." 
A  Mr.  Silverstone,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  failed  (May, 
1857) ;  as  did  Messrs.  Burstall  and  Co.,  of  Quebec, 
in  October  following.  Capt.  Broke  subscribed  for 
Chauchard's  maps.  We  have  our  Hohn  (L.  266) ; 
and  Mr.  Hone  was  former  mayor  of  New  York. 
Whetstone's  Works  were  published  in  1586.  Lieut.- 
Col.  Bagwell  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps.  Mr. 
Bagwell  is  a  member  of  the  British  Parliament 
(1857).  One  of  the  British  officers  in  the  war  against 
Napoleon  was  named  Pickmore.  Mr.  Fortune  pub- 
lished his  work  on  China  in  1855.  The  late  Hon. 
Leonidas  Shaver  was  Judge  of  Utah.  Mr.  Sheers 
made  a  deed  (L.  64,  f.  203);  and  we  have  also  the 
names   of    Sheerin,    Shearin,    Shears,    Dockham, 

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194  NAMES    FROM    MONEY,    THRIFT,    ETC. 

Dockum.  Perhaps  Mr.  Close  belongs  here,  rather 
than  among  the  fields.  Mr.  Closer  was  lost  in  the 
"Central  America"  (1857);  and  Mr.  Owings  then 
paid  his  last  debt. 

Dane  cites  the  cases  of  Sheers,  Grindstone,  and 
Tyte.  Mr.  Tite  lives  in  London  (1858);  also  Mr. 
Meiser.  Messrs.  Bigland  and  Dives  subscribed  for 
Wild's  Dramas  (1805).  We  have  Kammerer  (Ger- 
man for  "  treasurer ").  In  England  live  families  of 
Profit,  Saveall,  Shaveall,  Scrapescin,  Self,  Trea- 
sure, and  Treasurer  :  this  latter  name  is  that  of  the 
most  lucrative  of  all  modern  employments.  I  once 
heard  of  a  person's  remarking,  "  If  I  am  only  the 
executor  of  a  will,  I  don't  care  who  are  the  legatees." 
Mr.  Sake,  of  New  York,  pursues  his  trade  of  a 
butcher,  probably  for  his  own  sake ;  and  I  find,  in 
the  Directory  of  that  city,  no  less  than  six  families 
of  Self.  Mr.  Ego  (« I ")  of  Pefferlaw,  C.W.,  has  a 
selfish  name.  Mr.  Ownes  lives  at  Toronto.  C.W. ; 
and  Mr.  Eachman,  at  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Spary,  Mrs.  Tight,  and  Mr.  Slicer,  all  live 
in  Montreal ;  Mr.  Pinch,  at  Bowman ville,  C.W. 
Shaver  is  a  very  common  name  in  Canada,  as  at 
Ancaster,  &c,  Iroquois,  C.W.  Mr.  Skimmings  lives 
at  Goderich,  C.W.  Mr.  Gittings  is  a  West-Point 
cadet  (1857).  Mr.  Heritage  lives  at  Montreal. 
Payment  is  a  very  common  name  in  Canada,  at  Beau- 
harnois,  C.E.,  Montreal,  &c.  Mr.  Mutch  lives  at 
Fergus,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Purse,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ;  and  a 


NAMES    FROM    MONEY,    THRIFT,    ETC.  195 

single  specimen  of  Enouf  is  found  at  St.  Gervais, 
C.E. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Fobbe,  Purse,  and 

PURSEGLOVE  J      WoODTHRIFT,     PlCKUP,     and     DOWER  J 

Mr.  Ower  and  Mr.  Shorton  ;  Mr.  Harder,  Mr. 
Harderman,  Mr.  Klinkheart,  Mr.  Meene  ;  nine 
families  of  Nippes  ;  Sharpley,  Sheer,  Sheerman, 
and  Steelman  ;  twenty-three  families  of  Sharpless, 
and  Mr.  Sharpshears  ! 


196 


CHAPTER    XXV. 

NAMES  FROM  CHARITY;   COMMERCE  AND  NAVIGATION;   DIGNITIES 
AND   OFFICES. 

Charity  has  its  Grant  (a  name  borne  by  one  among 
us  truly  distinguished  for  that  quality),  Boon,  Dole, 
Pension,  Ransom,  Givens,  Begg,  Beggs,  and  Plea- 
sure. Roger  Bounty  is  mentioned  in  the  Colony 
Records  of  1657.  England  has  a  family  named  Cha- 
rity. Col.  Boone  is  celebrated  in  the  early  history 
of  Kentucky.  Mr.  Giving  became,  perhaps  from  his 
too  great  liberality,  a  United- States  bankrupt.  Mr. 
Sharer  arrived  here  from  Panama  in  October,  1857. 
Mr.  Lend  all  lives  in  Salem  (1857).  A  new  London 
edition  of  the  "  Pilgrim's  Progress "  is  edited  by 
George  Offor.  George  W.  Gift  was  a  midshipman 
in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Charity  lives  at  Chatham, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Genereux,  at  Kilbride,  C.W. ;  and  Mr. 
Freely,  at  Philadelphia. 

Commerce  and  navigation  have  furnished  us  with 
the  names  of  Navy,  Fleet,  Shippen,  Shippey,  Ship- 
pie,  Vessel,  Barge,  Carrick,  Carrack,  Brigman, 
Briggs,  Brigg  (1653),  Skiff,  Scow,  Cuddy,  Dorey, 
Hull,  Deck,  Decke,  Hatches,  Helm,  Sterne  (1657), 


NAMES    FROM    COMMERCE    AND    NAVIGATION.       197 

Keels,  Luff  ;  also  Cable,  Guy,  Hoy,  Saile  (1681), 
Sayles,  Ancor  (1659),  and  Anchor  ;  Calkins, 
Wharff,  Whorf,  Pier,  Piers,  Ferry,  Crew,  and 
Crewe,  Beacon,  Fraitz,  Marts,  Barter,  Barters, 
Sale,  Sales,  Selling,  Goodsell,  Bale  (1680),  Loan, 
Byers,  Byus,  Dickerman,  Price,  and  Chart.  There 
is  a  deed  from  John  Prow  in  L.  .153.  Miss  'Oar 
made  a  deed  (L.  285,  f.  282) ;  and  Mr.  Stearman,  in 
L.  331,  f.  113.  Our  Mr.  Navy  is  a  stevedore.  John 
Galley  was  fined  in  1632.  Mr.  Shippe  lives  at 
Brooklyn,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Shipman,  at  Lowell.  Messrs. 
Caulkins,  Calking,  and  Calkins  are  graduates  of 
Yale.  Mr.  Caulkins  lives  at  East  Lyme,  Conn. ; 
Mr.  Coyle,  at  Machias,  Me. ;  Mr.  Carrique,  at  Paw- 
tucket  ;  and  Mr.  Shipper,  at  Rhode  Island.  A  Mr. 
Helme  lives  at  Newport,  R.I. ;  Mr.  Marine,  at  Rich- 
mond, Me.  Mr.  Shipway,  of  Montreal,  subscribed 
for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Barge  lives  at  Mitchell,  C. W. ; 
Messrs.  Galley  and  Chaloup,  at  Montreal ;  Mr. 
Pilot,  at  Quebec.  In  Philadelphia  are  families  of 
Vessels,  Wessell,  Wessells,  and  Wessels  ;  Sloope, 
Boate,  Boatman,  Sailer,  Sailor,  Prows,  Mast, 
Rudder,  Ancker,  Keel  (a  very  common  name  there), 
Veer,  and  Dock.  Mr.  Goodsell  lives  at  East  Shel- 
don, Vt.  We  have  Starbird  ;  Stairbird  has  been 
before  mentioned  (p.  174);  and  Mr.  Starboard  himself 
lives  at  Lubec,  Me.  Dane  cites  the  cases  of  Mr.  Le- 
ward  and  Mr.  Boats.  Families  of  Barge,  Keel,  Mast, 
Spar,  and  Grapel  exist  in  England  ;  also  of  Trader, 


198       NAMES    FROM    COMMERCE    AND    NAVIGATION. 

Cheap,  and  Maps.  Mr.  Spar  lived  in  Buffalo,  N.Y., 
in  1855.  Who  has  not  heard  of  Sterne  and  of 
Sternhold  %  There  is  a  firm  of  Stern  and  Co.  at 
Keasanqne,  Iowa.  Mr.  Reefer  was  engineer  of  the 
wrecked  "Central  America"  (1857).  Woodhull's 
translation  of  Euripides  was  published  in  1809.  Rev. 
Mr.  Woodhull  is  settled  at  Holden.  Mr.  Boate 
was  an  author  in  1652,  as  were  also  Mr.  Sale  and 
Mr.  Seller.  Mr.  Sells  lives  at  St.  Thomas,  C.W. 
Sales's  translation  of  the  Koran  is  well  known,  as  is 
Purchas's  "  Pilgrimages."  Mr.  Purchase,  of  New 
York,  sells  provisions.  The  old  India  firm  of  Cheap 
and  Leslie  failed  in  1857. 

Among  the  subscribers  to  Thomson's  "  Seasons  "  is 
Rev.  Mr.  Brigstock.  Mr.  Lading,  of  Baltimore,  was 
recently  drowned.  Judge  Dock  lives  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.  (1857).  John  Caulk  was  a  gunner,  and  Mr. 
Seaman  a  sailmaker,  in  our  navy  in  1849.  In  New 
York  are  found  families  of  Ship,  Wessel,  Wessell, 
Wessels,  Wessells,  Galley,  Bargy,  Mast,  Sturn, 
Saile,  Reef,  Tacke,  Boom,  Bilger,  Shipper,  Ship- 
well,  Boatman,  Tackman,  Sailor,  Lerch,  Luff, 
Bale,  Bales,  Ballasty,  Cargo  ;  also  Quay,  Mart, 
Dickers,  and  Fairs. 

Dignities,  temporal  and  ecclesiastical,  are  seen  in 
Powers,  Monarch,  Regal,  Regally,  Royal,  Roy, 
Rex  (L.  655,  f.  282),  King,  Kingman,  Prince,  Prin- 
cess, Grandy,  Peers,  Earl,  Earle,  Duke,  Barron, 
Baron,   Viscount,   Marquis,   Noble,   Lord,   Herr 


NAMES    FROM    DIGNITIES    AND    OFFICES.  199 

(i.  £.,  "  lord  "),  Laird,  Chevalier,  Waldgrave  (1648), 
Opperman,  Headman  (64,  f.  39),  Masters,  Mayer, 
Mayers,  Gentrey,  Squire,  Squier,  Franklin,  Cady, 
Pope,  Legate,  Bishop,  Rector,  Crosier,  Crozier, 
See,  Stall,  Templeman,  Morse,  Shreve,  Abbot, 
McVicker,  Dean,  Prior,  Priary,  Proctor,  War- 
den, Sexton,  Clark,  Vesterman,  Major,  Capt,  Cor- 
poral, Sargent,  and  Herald.  Mr.  Ensign  was  a 
member  of  the  bar  in  1839.  Mr.  Cornett  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Unitarian  Association.  Mr.  Kahn  arrived 
here  (November,  1857)  from  Liverpool,  not  Tartary. 
Mr.  Landgrave's  estate  is  now  in  process  of  settle- 
ment ;  and  that  name  is  found  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Dey  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  Mr.  Grandey  is  Speaker 
of  the  House  in  Vermont.  Mr.  Sheik  lives  in  New 
York ;  also  Mr.  Throne  and  Mr.  Peer. 

Eleven  families  of  Monarque  live  in  Montreal,  and 
seven  families  of  Queen  in  Philadelphia ;  where  are 
also  found  Rex  and  Rey,  Mr.  Dauphin,  and  four 
families  of  Rank.  Cardinal  is  found  at  Beaufort, 
C.E.,  and  other  towns  in  Canada  ;  and  two  families  of 
Bishoprick  live  at  Ottowa,  C.W.  Mr.  Mighter, 
of  Durham,  C.E.,  adopts  a  novel  mode  of  spelling ;  as 
does  also  Mr.  Leggate,  of  Marmora,  C.W.  Mr. 
Archdeacon  lives  at  Philadelphia.  A  Mr.  Chaplain 
lives  in  that  city,  and  also  in  Montreal.  Mr.  Might 
lives  at  New  Hamburg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Wand,  at  Epsom, 
C.W.  Both  Captain  and  Commander  live  at  To- 
ronto,  C.W.  ;    Mr.    Headman,   at   Yorkville,   C.W. 


200  NAMES    FROM    DIGNITIES    AND    OFFICES. 

England,  as  we  have  seen,  has  its  Toplady.      Mr. 
Deputy  lives  in  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  President  lives  at  Windsor,  Vt. ;  Mr.  Pro- 
vost, at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  in  New  York.  Mr. 
Thaine  lives  at  New  Salem,  Mass. ;  and  Mr.  Ranks 
at  Bath,  Me.  Mrs.  Archdeacon  is  a  washerwoman 
in  New  York.  We  have  from  subordinate  posts  the 
names  of  Stewart,  Usher,  Vallett,  Vallet  (L.  239, 
f.  262);  also  Kammerling  (German  for  "valet"); 
Beadle,  Beadleston,  Footman,  Clerk,  Cook,  Cook- 
son,  Groom,*  Prentice,  Driver,  Foreman,  Cham- 
berlain, Lacky,  Lackey,  Reeve,  Herthman,  Tub- 
man, Henchman,  Page,  Workman,  and  Houseman. 
Rev.  Mr.  Alderman  was  settled  at  Milbury ;  and  the 
name  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857.  A  Mr. 
Councilman  was  graduated  at  Yale.  Among  the 
graduates  of  Harvard  is  the  name  of  Henck  (Hencker 
is  the  German  for  "  hangman ").  Yale  has  its 
Hengst.  John  Carrier  is  postmaster  at  Middle  Had- 
dam,  Conn.  John  Dishman  is  Attorney  of  the  Twelfth 
Circuit  Court  in  Kentucky  (1857).  A  Mr.  Skullion 
lives  in  New  York  ;  and  Scullion,  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Lackie  lives  in  Quebec ;  and  Mr.  Disher,  at 
Ridgway,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Cookman,  at  St.  Athanase,  C.E. 
Mr.  R.  P.  Helper,  of  North  Carolina,  has  published 
a  work  on  slavery. 

In  England  are  families  of  Alderman,  Council- 

*  Groom  does   duty  here  a  second  time:  his  first  position  (p.  90,  ante)  is 
decidedly  the  preferable  one. 


NAMES    FROM    DIGNITIES    AND    OFFICES.  201 

man,  Emperor,  Vickars,  &c.  Hon.  Mrs.  Kingdom 
subscribed  for  Miss  Jones's  "  Miscellanies ;  "  and 
Edward  Kingdom,  Esq.,  took  a  royal  paper  copy  of 
it.  A  Mr.  Kingdom  lives  at  Peterborough,  C.W. 
Mr.  Serjeantson  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps. 
Mr.  Adelman  ("  nobleman ")  lives  in  New  York. 
Bedle's  Works  were  published  in  1610.  Mrs.  Mas- 
ters's  Poems  appeared  in  1733.  Mace's  Sermons 
were  published  in  1751;  and  Mr.  Helps  has  just 
published  a  work  on  "  Spanish  Conquests  in  Ame- 
rica." Salem  furnishes  many  families  of  Monarch, 
and  one  Imperial.  Mr.  Grandey  lives  in  Vergennes, 
Vt.     Dane  cites  the  law-case  of  Vast  vs.  Gawdy. 

Mr.  Famous  lives  at  Philadelphia ;  and  Mr.  Fame 
himself  was  married  at  Lynn,  April,  1857. 


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CHAPTER   XXVI. 

NAMES  FKOM  TRADES  AND  OCCUPATIONS. 

Trades  and  occupations  are  a  most  prolific  source  of 
names.  Thus  we  have  Smith  (a  host  of  themselves), 
"Wright,  Mason,  Carpenter,  Boardman,  Bordman, 
&c.  We  have  very  many  Bakers,  one  Bake,  one 
Bakewell,  and  also  one  Bunn  ;  and  we  have 
Baxter  (which  means  "  baker  "),  Brazier,  Bra- 
zer,  Burnish,  Brewer,  Brewster  (Mr.  Brew 
figures  in  Lib.  81),  Barber,  Butler,  Banker, 
Barker    (i.   e.,    "  tanner  "),    Binder,    Buckleman, 

BUTTONMAN,     BoOTMAN,     BUTCHER     (1857),     CoOKSON, 

Coleman,  Colman,  Cooper,  Cotter,  Chandler, 
Chapman,  Cheeseman  (L.  110,  f.  231),  Chipman,  Clo- 
thier, Currier,  Cutler,  Cutter,  Cutting,  Corker, 
Carter,  Cartwright,  Carver,  Collier,  Coker, 
Cordner,  Cordiner  (t.  £.,  "  cordwainer  ")  ;  also 
Cloutman,  Carrier,  and  Crocker  (».  e.,  "  a  potter  "). 
Ditcher  is  engaged  in  the  Puseyite  controversy.  We 
have  Delver,  Draper,  Dyer,  Dyre,  Diman,  Stainer, 
Staines,  Farmer,  Akerman  (i.  e.,  "  a  farmer  "), 
Fisher,  Fuller,  Forrester,  Friar,  Fyler,  Furman, 


names  from  trades  and  occupations.      203 

Glazier,  Gloyer,  Grover,  Gardner,  Goldsmith, 
Gager,  Hosier  (1631),  Hooper,  Jenner  (t.  £., 
"joiner"),  Leadbeater,  Lyman,  Merchant,  Miller, 

MlLWARD,  MlLMAN,  MeALEY,  MeRCER,  MONK,    MoWE, 

Mower,  Mariner,  Miner,  Mining,  Milkman,  Nourse, 
Nurse,  Naylor,  Nutter,  Packer,  Pilott,  Plummer, 
Palmer,  Parker,  Parkman,  Potter,  Painter,  Ped- 
lar, Pitman,  Printy,  Ranger,  Slater,  Shepherd, 
Sadler,  Soper,  Soaper  (L.  74),  Salter,  Schuman, 
Shoemaker,  Sutor  (*.  6.,  "  shoemaker  "),  Sawyer, 
Sawin,  Sayer,  Sower,  Sowman,  Spicer,  Stabler, 
Skinner,  Shearer  (these  two  names  may  also  indicate 
a  snug  disposition  in  money  matters),  Shearman  (Lib. 
13  1),Seamans,  Spinney,  Spindler,  Spinner,  Stockman, 
Schneider  (German  for  "  tailor  "),  Taylor,  Tailer, 
Tolman,  Turner,  Thatcher, Tanner, Tucker  (i.e.,  "  a 
fuller"),  Tuckerman,  Tubman,  Tinker,  and  Tyler. 
Ark,  a  chest,  gives  us  Arkwright.  We  have  also,  in 
like  manner,  Wheelwright,  Wainwright,  &c.  ; 
Webster,  Waterman,  Webber,  Weaver,  Wheeler, 
Washer,  Woodman,  Workman,  and  Yeoman.  A 
Mr.  Bun  lives  at  Sudbury,  Vt. ;  Mr.  Wagoner,  at 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  and  at  Philadelphia.  A  deed  was 
made  in  January,  1858,  to  William  Carpenter,  of 
Boston,  carpenter. 

Dr.  Butcher  is  one  of  the  most  eminent  surgeons 
in  Dublin  ;  and  in  London  there  are  (1858)  families 
of  Bellringer,  Leathersellers,  and  Drudge.  Eng- 
land had  an  Admiral  Hosier  in  the  early  part  of  the 


204        NAMES    FROM    TRADES    AND    OCCUPATIONS. 

last  century.  A  Mr.  Hosier  lives  at  Nantucket ;  Mr. 
Harrower,  at  Newburyport ;  Mr.  Joyner,  at  Rich- 
mond, Vt. ;  and  Mr.  Joiner,  at  Sheffield,  Mass.  Lead- 
beater's  Poems  were  published  in  Dublin  in  1808. 
Mr.  Lymeburner  lives  at  Brookville,  Me. ;  and  Mr. 
Schoonmaker,  at  Springfield.  A  suit  is  now  pending 
at  Washington  (1857)  against  the  administrators  of 
John  Blacksmith.  Mrs.  Brownsmith  was  one  of  Miss 
Jones's  subscribers.  Mr.  Wagon  seller  was  the 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Newcastle,  Pa.,  in  1857.  Mr. 
Hubbs  is  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  in 
California  (1857).  Carrier  was  one  of  the  monsters 
of  the  French  Revolution.  Bellman  was  a  Swedish 
poet  of  the  last  century. 

In  New  York  are  families  of  Bakeman,  Bakes, 
Bakewell,  Bakey,  Bellman,  Caster,  Teller,  Teler, 
Ferrier,  Firman,  Furman,  Hopman,  Hosier,  Ire- 
monger,  Kettleman,  Landesman  and  Marine,  Mun- 
ger,  Nusser,  Oysterman,  Payfer  ("  paver  1  "), 
Pearman,  Pesant,  Plowman,  Purser,  Renter,  Sand- 
man, Silkman,  four  families  of  Spinning,  Spiker,  and 
Wasserman  (i.  e.,  "  waterman  ") ;  also  Yeoman  and 
Yeoman s.  Mr.  Shoecraft  lived  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in 
1855  ;  also  Mr.  Smithhammer,  Mr.  Hatter,  and  Mr. 
Brew.  In  the  post-office  of  Pottsville,  Pa.,  Dec.  31, 
1857,  was  a  letter  to  the  firm  of  Medler  and  Shoe- 
maker. Mr.  S.  Tanner,  of  Newark,  advertises  a 
new  method  of  tanning  (Boston  "  Journal,"  Dec.  20, 
1857). 


NAMES    FROM    TRADES    AND    OCCUPATIONS.         205 

We  have  also  families  of  Guild,  Craft,  Crafts, 
Labor,  Service,  Fairservice,  Wares  (1647),  Works, 
Work,  Maker  ;  and  in  England  are  families  of  Skill, 
&c.  Messrs.  Art  and  Artist  live  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Hewers  was  subscriber  to  the  "  Odyssey."  Mr. 
Works  lives  at  Lowell,  Vt. ;  and  Mr.  Toyl,  at 
Gardiner,  Me.  Both  Mr.  Laber  and  Mr.  Laden 
live  in  New  York.  My  French  teacher  was 
Mr.  L'Ouvrier  (French  for  "  workman  ").  In  Phi- 
ladelphia are  families  of  Worknot  and  Bissey 
("  busy  ?  "). 

Mr.  Buckholder  lives  at  Bartonsville,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Cowherd,  at  Bradford,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Waggoner,  at 
Baker's  Corner,  *C.W.  ;  Mr.  Shoveller,  at  Tara, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Hewer,  at  Guelph,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Cuttler, 
at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Graver,  at  Barrie,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Playter,  at  Richmond  Hill,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Tinline, 
at  Jordan,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Bleacher,  at  Bartonsville, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Dier,  at  Montreal.  Four  families  of 
Clothier  live  at  Kemptville,  C.W. ;  and  that  name 
is  found  at  Stratford,  C.W.  Mr.  Tanny  also  lives 
at  Kemptville.  Mr.  Borrowman,  of  Amherstsburg, 
C.W.,  represents  a  most  numerous  class  of  trades- 
men. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Backster,  Basket- 
ter,  Beachman,  Brickman,  Carman,  Coachman, 
Coiner,  Cookman,  Cooker,  Coobler  (i.  e.,  "  cobbler  "), 
Cornman,  Cotter,  Cottman,  Countryman,  Cropper, 
Diggs,  Householder,  Housekeeper;    Messrs.  Joyn 


206         NAMES    FROM    TRADES    AND    OCCUPATIONS. 

and  Joyner  ;  Mr.  Leatherman,  Mr.  Maltman,  Mr. 
Nuss,  Mr.  Peddle,  Mr.  Pilot,  Mr.  Poleman  ;  five 
families  of  Poulterer  ;  Mr.  Slaymaker,  Mr.  Spa- 
der, Mr.  Sentman  ;  Messrs.  Tinney  and  Tinsman  ; 
Mr.  Vinter,  &c. 


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CHAPTER    XXVII. 

NAMES  FROM  PRODUCTS  AND  OBJECTS  OF  TRADE.  —  NAMES 
FROM  EATABLES. 

The  products  of  the  various  trades  and  occupations 
are  also  most  extensively  represented  in  family  names. 
Thus  we  have  families  of  Sample,  Barr,   Staples, 
Staple,  Wyre,  Wier,  Wyer,  Winch,  Hone,  Ware, 
Wedge,  Weld,  Sickels,  Barrows,  Mattock,  Spade 
(Mr.  Spady  is  a  son  of  Harvard  ;  Mr.  Robert  Raikes 
is  identified  with  one  department  of  philanthropy  in 
Great  Britain),  Mallet,  Tool,  Lathe,  Toy,  Twine, 
Lines,  Ropes,  Felt,  Mace,  Coffee,  Whiting,  Emery, 
Dough,    Glew,    Pipe,    Sugar,    Sault,  Saltonstall, 
Creamer,  Milk,  Alsop,  Butters,  Butter,  Butter- 
worth,  Buttermore,  Bread,  Roll,  Maldt,  Pickell, 
Pickles,    Pepper,    Peppers,    Rick,    Ricks,    Segar, 
Tann,  Staff,  Tak,  Yoke,  Axel,  Lindsey,  Linzee, 
Silk,   Wool,   Woolley.      Our   Hendrina    Boltins 
died  in  1752.     In  New  York  I  find  families  of  Wool- 
sey,  Wolsey,    Woolley,    Wooly,   Woolcocks,    and 
Woollen.     Mr.  Woolfield  is  an  English  resident  at 
Cannes. 

In  Philadelphia  I  find  families  of  Amber,  Ambers,)  . 


208  NAMES    FROM    EATABLES. 

and  Alum.  Mr.  Leather  lives  at  London,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Ivory,  at  Toronto ;  Messrs.  Welding  and  Coil, 
at  Philadelphia  ;  also  Messrs.  Paist  and  Puttey. 
Hoops  and  Hooper  are  very  common  names  there. 

Samuel  Whitbread  (or  "  white  bread ")  was  one 
of  Chauchard's  subscribers.  Mr.  Rusk,  of  the  U.S. 
Senate,  died  in  1857.  Thomas  Cakebread  served  as 
a  grand  juryman  in  1637.  Mr.  Bredcake  appears  in 
1644,  as  does  Mr.  Bridecake  in  1651,  and  Edward 
Bunn  in  1642.  Mr.  Bread  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1671,  as  was  Mr.  Butter  in  1665. 

In  New  York  I  find  Mr.  Weisbrod  (t.  e.,  "  Ger- 
man for  "white  bread");  also  Mr.  Whitbread  and 
Mr.  Roll.  I  also  find  there  Mr.  Dairy,  Mr.  Pap- 
worth,  and  Mr.  Sourmilk  !  Mr.  Cheese  was  mur- 
dered in  New  York  in  1857.  Lieut.  T.  J.  Curd  was 
in  the  Mexican  war.  Our  John  Milk  made  a  deed 
to  Ebenezer  Waters,  —  a  conjunction  which,  it  is  to 
be  feared,  takes  place  too  often.  Milk  Street  is  the 
chief  street  in  Boston  for  sale  of  manufactures. 

Mr.  Lofe  lives  at  Toronto,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Rolls,  at 
Morpeth,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Bathcake,  at  Owen  Sound, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Rusk,  at  Quebec ;  both  Mr.  Butter  and 
Mr.  Buttrey,  at  London,  C.W.  Whitebread  is  also 
found  at  Philadelphia,  and  Mr.  Milkey  and  Mr. 
Shugurgh  ("  sugar  1  ").  A  Mr.  Pye  lives  at  Quebec  ; 
Mr.  Jellyman,  at  Edwardsburg,  C.W.  Perhaps  Mr. 
Tart,  of  Canada,  should  be  classed  among  names 
derived  from  mental  qualities.     In  Philadelphia  there 


NAMES    FROM    EATABLES.  209 

are  four  families  of  Cake,  two  of  Pye,  two  of  Candy, 
and  a  Mr.  Custard. 

In  New  York  I  find  families  of  Cate,  Cater, 
Cately,  Ginger,  Weyman,  Pie,  Pye,  Pies,  Piewell, 
and  Py.  George  Pye  is  noticed  in  the  Colony  Re- 
cords of  1638.  Rev.  Robert  Pye  was  a  subscriber 
to  Jones's  "  Miscellanies."  Mrs.  Pye's  Poems  were 
published  in  England  in  1767  ;  and  Mr.  Pye  was 
an  author  in  1807.  The  families  of  Cream,  Cus- 
tard, Suet,  Raisin,  and  Pudding,  seem  to  have 
remained  in  England  ;  as  have  also  Alum,  Balsam, 
Candy,  Maceroni,  Packet,  Basket,  Bottle,  Buck- 
ett,  Hamper,  Jugg,  Pail,  Tub,  and  Trowell. 
Mr.  Suett  subscribed  for  Wild's  Dramas  (1805). 
Among  the  graduates  of  Yale,  however,  I  find  Can  dee 
and  Cande.  Simon  Rason,  of  Boston,  got  into  our 
courts  in  September,  1857.  T.  J.  Cloves  subscribed 
for  Ackerman's  "  History  of  Oxford,"  &c.  Mr. 
Spicely  lives  in  Kansas.  At  Bowdoinham,  Me.,  are 
two  named  Mustard  ;  and  that  name  is  found 
in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Kenister  lives  in  Dukes 
County. 

We  have  Wey,  Pastree,  Kandy,  and  Jelly. 
The  last  is  a  very  common  name  in  Salem  ;  where  are 
also  families  of  Honeycomb  and  of  Creamer.  Mr. 
Candee  lives  at  New  Haven  ;  and  Mr.  Cates,  at 
Vassalborough,  Me. 

Mrs.  Pickles  recently  created  a  disturbance  in  a 
school   because  her  child  had  been   punished.     Mr. 

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210  NAMES    FROM    PRODUCTS    OF    LABOR,    ETC. 

Pickell  was  graduated  at  West  Point.  Mrs.  Bryne 
appears  in  the  Directory  of  1857.  In  New  York  are 
families  of  Pickill,  Pickel,  Pikel,  Soy,  and  Salt; 
and,  in  Philadelphia,  both  Pickel  and  Brines.  Pev. 
Mr.  Pickle  is  settled  at  Dumbo,  C.W.  Ginger  is 
found  at  Quebec ;  and  Pepper,  at  Montreal  and 
Kingston,  &c. ;  this  being  a  very  common  name  in 
Philadelphia.  A  Mr.  Salt  lives  at  Toronto.  Mr.  Salt 
is  well  known  in  connection  with  Belzoni's  Egyptian 
researches.  Samuel  Salt,  Esq.,  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
subscribed  for  Jones's  "  Miscellanies."  Mr.  Winegar 
became  a  United-States  bankrupt.  Another  Mr.  Wi- 
negar still  lives  at  Hartford,  Conn. ;  and  the  name  is 
found  in  New  York.  Sir  William  Pepperell  was 
distinguished  in  our  Colonial  history.  Mr.  Files 
lives  at  Gorham,  Me.  Mr.  Fyle,  Mr.  File,  and  Mr. 
Files,  all  live  in  New  York ;  as  does  also  Mr.  Wyre. 
Both  Wire  and  Wireman  live  in  Philadelphia  ; 
and  Mr.  Wires,  at  Burlington,  Vt.  Mr.  Loom  lives 
at  Monterey,  Mass. ;  Mr.  Woof,  at  Philadelphia. 
England  had  its  great  Cardinal  Wolsey.  Mr.  Dyes 
was  a  master's  mate  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mrs.  Twine 
was  a  subscriber  to  the  "  Odyssey."  In  New  York  I 
find  families  of  Cord,  Cords,  and  Coil;  also  String 
and  Sunder.  The  two  daughters  of  a  Mr.  String, 
of  South  Carolina,  are  reported  to  have  eloped  with 
one  person  (November,  1857),  —  who  thus  has  two 
strings  to  his  bow.  In  Philadelphia  are  four  families  of 
Strayline.     Our  Mr.  Cord  has  already  appeared  in 


NAMES    FROM    PRODUCTS    OF    LABOR,    ETC.  211 

the  fuel  department  [ante,  p.  151).  Messrs.  Junck 
and  Junk,  of  New  York,  are  names  of  somewhat  the 
same  class.  In  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855  I  find 
Mr.  Axe  (a  plane-maker),  Mr.  Plow,  Messrs.  Nail 
and  Tack,  and  Mr.  Basket. 


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CHAPTER    XXVIII. 

NAMES  FROM   HORSEMANSHIP;    LOCOMOTION;    GAMES   AND 
SPORTS. 

From  locomotion  and  horsemanship  we  have  the 
names  of  Hunt,  Hunter,  Huntress,  Hunting, 
Chace,  Chase,  Traill  ;  also  Horsman,  Eider,  Hide- 
out, Ryde,  Driver,  Rowell,  Spurr,  Rearer, 
O'Chaise,  Schaye,  Shays,  Shay,  Schley,  Dray, 
Whains  (L.  659),  Wain,  Waine,  Whaines,  Wat- 
gig  ("  what  a  gig]  "),  Spavin,  Curry,  Osler,  Stabler, 
Stall,  and  Canter.  Mr.  Trueworthy  Rowell  lately 
made  a  deed.  A  Mr.  Curry  is  Governor  of  Oregon. 
Hon.  Edward  Horseman  is  Chief  Secretary  for  Ire- 
land (1856).  Both  Mr.  Horsman  and  Mr.  Horsfall 
are  members  of  Parliament  in  1857.  Mr.  Osler,  of 
Salem,  is  a  clergyman.  Bridle  was  left  behind  in 
England ;  as  were  also  Girth,  Goad,  Tackle,  Spokes, 
and  Traveller.  Perhaps  our  Mr.  Bug  gey  ought  to 
be  regarded  as  a  substantive  rather  than  an  adjective. 
A  Mr.  Buggy  lives  at  Quebec.  Mr.  Hunts  lives  at 
Canaan,  Conn.  Mr.  Rodewell  was  lost  in  the  "  Cen- 
tral America  "  (1857).  Lieut.  Steedman  was  in 
our  navy  in  1849.      Rev.  William  Bridle,  Fellow 


NAMES    FROM    HORSEMANSHIP.  213 

of  New  College,  subscribed  for  Miss  Jones's  "  Mis- 
cellanies ;  "  and  a  Mr.  Bridle  appears  in  the  New- 
York  Directory.  Our  Mr.  Whipp  should  perhaps 
be  mentioned  here,  rather  than  among  pugnacious 
names.  Mr.  Raynes  was  tied  to  the  matrimonial  bit, 
October,  1857  ;  and  a  Mr.  Rains  was  a  West-Point 
graduate.     Mr.  Champ  lives  in  New  York. 

Mr.  Coache  lives  at  St.  John's,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Van,  at 
Strathroy,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Stillwagon,  at  Toronto,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Hurdle,  at  Vienna,  C.W.  Mr.  Runners,  of 
Montreal,  seems  to  be  part  of  a  sleigh.  Mr.  Trace, 
of  London,  C.W.,  is  more  connected  with  tackling. 
Mr.  Horseman  lives  at  Richmond  Hill,  C.W.  ;  Mr. 
Rear,  at  Toronto,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Buss  and  Cabb  ; 
three  families  of  Trucks  ;  also  Mr.  Truckless,  Mr. 
Stallman,  Mr.  Bitting,  Mr.  Ridey  ;  and  Messrs. 
Canter,  Pacer,  and  Racer. 

In  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855, 1  find  the  names 
of  Convey,  Convoy,  and  Stager.  Mr.  Stage  lives  in 
Peoria,  111. 

In  the  churchyard  of  Christ's  Church,  Hampshire, 
is  a  momument  to  Walter  Spurrer,  who  died  1693. 
Our  Mr,  Hack  made  a  deed  (L.  79,  f.  261).  Capt. 
William  Hacke's  "  Collection  of  Voyages  "  was 
published  in  1699.  Perhaps  these  belong  to  the 
warlike  names.  Mr.  Hackney,  of  Virginia,  was 
chosen  doorkeeper  of  Congress  (December,  1857). 
Mr.  Hackman  lives  in  New  York  ;  also  Mr.  Landau, 


214  NAMES    FROM    LOCOMOTION    AND    GAMES. 

six  families  of  Stage,  Mr.  Stager,  Mr.  Stall,  Mr. 
Stallman  ;  also  Messrs.  Ridabock,  Ridings,  and 
Todhunter  (i.  e.,  "  fox-hunter  "). 

Before  railroads  were  invented,  we  had  Carr,  Cars, 
Carman,  and  Train  ;  and  Mr.  Brake  is  found  in  New 
York  ;  as  are  Messrs.  Brakeman  and  Whitecar,  in 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  Fares  lives  at  Lobo,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Crank,  at  Enterprise,  C.W. ;  and  in  December,  1857, 
Mr.  Switch  arrived  here  in  a  Cunard  steamer.  We 
have  Sculley,  Scullim,  Rowe,  Le  Row,  Bail,  Balem, 
Dorey,  Stearman,  Shipley,  and  Shipman.  George 
Steers  was  the  most  distinguished  naval  architect  in 
New  York  or  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Cockson 
lives  at  North  Bennington,  Vt. 

In  games  we  have  Showe,  Gamer  (1649),  Gam- 
ble (L.  397),  Gambell,  Gambling,  Card,  Billiard, 
Chequer,  Bassett,  Hazard,  Risk,  Monte,  Lew, 
Piquet,  Chessman,  Chess,  Propst,  Betton,  Better, 
Betts,  Bidwell,  Deal,  Deel,  Dealey,  Sortwell, 
Sortor,  Hapgood,  Luckis,  Losey  (L.  622,  f.  206), 
Nicks,  Nix,  Lotts,  Talley,  Tally,  Cue  ;  Wagit, 
Goodwin,  Wynne,  and  Winn.  Winslow  is  one  of 
our  chief  names.  Our  Mr.  Giles  Player  was  whipped 
in  1638.  Mr.  P.  Game  is  U.  S.  Consul  at  Guyaquil. 
Charles  F.  Loosey  is  one  of  the  Foreign  Consuls  at 
New  York,  and  Mr.  Luckles  is  in  the  Directory  of 
that  city  ;  as  are  also  families  of  Bett,  Bidgood, 
Bidwell,  Bidlow,  Dealfaro,  Dealling,  Deally, 
Deals,    Faro,    Mark  well,    Trumpp,   Trumpy,   and 


names   from  games.  215 

Trumper  ;  Wager,  Winlow,  Winner,  Winning, 
Player,  Playfair,  Talley,  Stakem,  and  Stake. 
J.  N.  Luckey,  of  New  York,  failed  in  July,  1857; 
and  u  A.  Stake  "  was  lost  in  the  "  Central  America  " 
in  1857.  In  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in  1855,  I  find  both 
Gambler  and  Winner.  Royal  G.  Stakely  made  a 
losing  venture  as  one  of  Walker's  fillibusters.  Mr. 
Staker  lives  at  Farmerville,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Counter, 
at  Kingston,  C.W.,  and  at  Stratford,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Losie, 
at  Whitby,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lots,  at  Quebec.  Mr.  Deal, 
of  Canada,  took  out  a  patent  in  1847. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Winning,  Wins- 
more  ;  four  families  of  Winpenny  ;  Messrs.  Game- 
well  and  Gamester  (Gammble  is  a  very  common 
name  there) ;  Mr.  Staker,  Mr.  Pharo,  Mr.  Trumpp, 
and  eight  families  of  Trump.  One  of  the  Cunard 
steamers  is  commanded  by  Capt.  Lott.  Rev.  Mr. 
Betsworth  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  subscribers ;  as 
were  also  Lewis  Pry&e,  Esq.,  and  Francis  Winning- 
ton,  M.P.  In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  monument 
to  Sir  Charles  Wager.  Gluck  (the  German  for 
"  luck  ")  is  a  distinguished  musical  composer. 

Perhaps  Mr.  Better  should  be  placed  .  here, 
rather  than  with  Good  and  Best.  Miss  Card  made 
a  deed  in  L.  522,  f.  51.  In  our  Directory  for  1835, 
and  also  for  1857,  are  families  of  Card.  Judge 
Betts  is  a  United-States  District  Judge  in  New  York  ; 
and  in  the  Directory  of  that  city  are  Wist  and 
Whistpot  !     Mr.  Burlingame  is  our  member  of  Con- 


216  NAMES    FROM    GAMES    AND    SPORTS. 

gress.  Dr.  Wager  is  a  physician  at  Burlington,  Vt. 
Mr.  Dicy  lives  at  Alton,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Bidwell,  at  Lang- 
don,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Pack,  at  Tolland,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Dealing, 
at  Bangor,  Me.  In  England  are  also  found  families 
of  Cards,  Whist,  Wager,  Luck,  Goodluck,  Has- 
luck,  and  Loss.  Among  English  writers  are  more 
than  one  named  Raffles.  Rev.  A.  Dyce  collected 
Webster's  Dramas.  John  Winpenny  subscribed  for 
Ackerman's  "  History  of  Oxford,"  &c.  Among  the 
subscribers  to  the  "  Odyssey  "  is  Mr.  Pack.  Player's 
case,  and  Trumper's,  are  cited  by  Dane.  Luck's 
Poems  were  published  in  1727.  A  Mr.  Luck  lives 
in  Montreal ;  and  Mr.  Lucke,  at  Great  Barrington. 
One  of  the  best  text-books  on  the  Law  of  Powers 
was  written  by  Chance  ;  and  eight  families  of  Chance 
live  in  Philadelphia.  Rev.  Mr.  Unwin  was  a  sub- 
scriber to  Thomson's  "  Seasons."  Playfair  is  emi- 
nent. Betterton  was  a  well-known  English  actor. 
Mr.  Bidder  is  Superintendent  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway.  There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  Gambling 
at  Harvard  College  in  old  times ;  but  only  two  gra- 
duates bear  that  name.  There  is  a  Judge  Gamble  in 
Missouri. 

In  sports  we  have  also  Kyte,  Topp,  Toy,  Scates, 
Bowles,  Bowler,  Ball,  and  Balls  ;  also  Fowler, 
Winshot  (1640),  Gunning,  &c.  Mr.  Keitt,  of  South 
Carolina,  is  member  of  Congress  (1857).  Miss 
Mary  Topp  was  among  us  as  early  as  1653.  The 
most  celebrated  beauties  in  English  society  in  the  last 


NAMES    FROM    SPORTS.  217 

century  were  the  two  Irish  Miss  Gunnings.  A  suit 
is  pending  (1856)  between  Ames  and  Sparrow.  Our 
Mr.  Dodavah  Scates  has,  in  all  respects,  a  peculiar 
name.  The  Chief  Justice  of  Illinois  is  named  Scates. 
B.  D.  Sleight  is  an  undergraduate  of  Yale.  Mr. 
Tourney,  of  Tennessee,"  is  a  U.  S.  Senator.  Mr. 
Foyll  was  one  of  Miss  Jones's  .subscribers  ;  as  were 
also  Mrs.  Keyt,  Rev.  Mr.  Kyte,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Bowles. 
Charles  Kite,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps. 
Mr.  Masker  and  Mr.  Skate  live  in  New  York. 

In  Philadelphia  are  seventeen  families  of  Kite  ; 
also  Shuttle,  Shuttlesworth,  Tennis,  and  Sportes. 
Mr.  Rattel  lives  at  Abercrombie  East,  C.E. ;  and  Mr. 
Rattle,  at  London,  C.W.  At  Quebec  are  three  fami- 
lies of  Gunner  ;  and  that  name  is  also  found  at 
Hamilton,  C.W. 


218 


CHAPTER    XXIX. 

NAMES    FROM   WAR  AND   FIGHTING. 

!From  war  we  derive  the  names  of  Warr,  Warfield, 
Goare(1658),  Gore,  McGory,  Blood,  Slaughter, 
Conquest,  Ambush,  Archer,  Arms,  Armor,  Armour, 
Bowe,  Bowes,  Bowman,  Arculus  ("  a  little  bow  "), 
Broadbent,  Bills,  Brounbill  ("  an  old  weapon  "), 
Billman,  Carabine,  Carribine,  Fletcher  (from 
fleche,  "  an  arrow  "),  Knight,  Shield,  Shields,  Sword 
(L.  61,  f.  50),  Swords,  Hilt,  Tilt,  Passe,  Dagger 
(L.  134,  f.  183),  Dart  (died  1801),  Gauntlet,  Tar- 
get, Tent,  Camp,  Campbell,  Champion,  Herald, 
Sentry  ;  also  Lancey,  Lance,  Spear,  Spiers, 
Poignard,  Pike,  Pierce,  Stabbs,  Staab,  Hackett, 
Hews,  Cutts,  Mangles,  Killin  (L.  174),  Kilgore, 
Kilbride,  Kilm aster  (1641),  Killman  (September, 
1857),  Killer,  Killy,  Slane,  Gunn,  Cannon,  Pow- 
derly,  Wadwell,  Prime,  Ames,  Schott,  Shotter, 
Shute,*  Boomer,  Bang,  Bangs,  Pinkham,  Hitt, 
Salyo,  Brunt,  Battle,  Battelle,  Battles,  Batter, 
Battery,  Batterman,  Shatter,  Train,  Trainer, 
Solger,    Forward,  March,  JSTewmarch,   Drummer, 

*  Shute  is  probably  from  chute  ("  a  fall  "). 


names  from  war.  219 

Drummey,  Flagg,  Pennant,  Banner,  Buntin,  Garri- 
son, Troup,  Troop,  Gard  (1667),  Valory,  Foss,  Dan- 
gers, Router,  Winfield,  &c.  Our  Winship  has  a 
good  name  for  a  naval  hero.  We  have  also  among  us 
the  German  names  of  Held  ("  hero  "),  Heldenbrand, 
Degen  ("  sword  "),  and  Bogen  ("  bow  "),  &c.  Mr. 
Powder,  of  Roxbury,  was  killed  on  a  Boston  railroad 
(October,  1857).  In  Stowe,  Vt.,  is  Mr.  Sallies  ;  in 
Fairfax,  Vt,  Mr.  H albert.  Our  Mr.  Gauntlett 
died  in  1852.  Mr.  Marchall  lives  in  New  Haven. 
Lieut.  Newmarch  lives  in  Lynn  ;  and  Col.  John  V. 
Plume,  at  Lake  Mohapac,  N.J.  (1857).  Many 
Plumes  are  also  found  in  New  York.  Florida  has 
its  Judge  Forward;  Alabama,  its  Judge  Rapier; 
and  California,  its  Judge  Dangerfield.  Lieut. 
Drum  figures  in  the  troubles  in  Kansas ;  and  in  the 
New- York  Directory  are  families  of  Drum,  Drumm, 
and  Drummer.  Mr.  Cocking  lives  at  Woodstock, 
Conn.,  and  also  in  Philadelphia ;  Mr.  Truce,  at  Le- 
vant, Me.  Dane  cites  the  case  of  Mr.  Chal- 
lenger. 

Mr.  Buckler  lives  at  Montreal ;  Mr.  Halbert,  at 
Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Ponton,  at  Belleville,  C.W. 
Hendershot  is  a  common  name  in  Canada,  as  at 
Cashmere,  C.W.,  and  Jarvis,  C.W.,  &c.  Mr.  Parry- 
man  lives  at  Acton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Guard,  at  Hamilton, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Spearin,  at  St.  Nicholas,  C.E.  ;  Mr. 
Shotter,  at  Erin,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Gory,  at  To- 
ronto ;    Mr.  Kilboy,  at  Kingston,  C.W. ;   Mr.   Bug- 


220  NAMES    FROM    WAR. 

ler,  at  London,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Gunne,  at  Florence, 
C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Warder,  Sapper, 

CoRNETT,  FURLOW,  PASS,  ARROW,  DaRT,  DaGER,  MuS- 

ket,  Bigonet  (i.  e.,  "  bayonet  "),  Blade,  Atack,  and 
two  families  of  Conquest. 

Among  the  West-Point  graduates  I  find  the  names 
of  Drum,  Swords,  Shields,  Bledsoe, -Hendershot, 
and  Slaughter.  In  the  Directory  of  Buffalo,  N.Y., 
for  1855,  are  families  of  Blade,  Muster,  and  Kill  ; 
also  of  Pax  ("  peace  "). 

Dr.  Stabb  is  at  the  head  of  the  Lunatic  Asylum 
of  Newfoundland  (1857).  Rev.  Mr.  Shuter  was  one  of 
Miss  Jones's  subscribers ;  as  were  also  Mrs.  W^arry, 
Mr.  Mash,  Mr.  Armorer,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Buckler. 
Sir  Alexander  Bannerman  is  Governor  of  Newfound- 
land (1857).  Sir  A.  Spearman  is  a  public  man  in 
England.  George  Gun,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chau- 
chard's  maps.  Pennant  is  a  well-known  English 
writer.  Dr.  Plot's  work  is  of  local  interest  in 
Northampton,  England.  Byron's  Miss  Chaworth 
became  Mrs.  Musters.  La  Guerre  was  a  well- 
known  engraver  at  the  end  of  the  last  century.  Mr. 
Warley  was  a  passed  midshipman  in  our  navy  in 
1849.  Miss  Waddy  subscribed  for  WTild's  Dramas 
(1805).  Shakespeare  is  the  greatest  name  in  Eng- 
lish literature. 

An  ancient  weapon  and  modern  means  of  attack 
and    defence    are    united    in    the    name    of    Bow- 


NAMES    FROM    WAR.  221 

ditch.*  Mr.  Wardwell  has  a  good  name  for  resistance. 
By  a  singular  coincidence,  I  do  not  find  the  name  of 
Peace  anywhere  in  Massachusetts,  except  in  Salem. 
It  is,  however,  found  in  New  York ;  and,  in  Phila- 
delphia, there  are  three  families  of  Peace,  and  Mr. 
Peaceport.  Dane  mentions  a  suit  brought  by  Mr. 
Peaceable.  Mr.  Victory  lately  died  in  Marblehead. 
There  are,  in  New  York,  three  families  of  Victor  and 
Victory.  In  Philadelphia  I  find  two  families  of  Vic- 
tor. Mr.  Victorson  appears  in  our  Directory  for 
1857.  Mr.  Hero,  of  Milford,  successfully  pursued  a 
person  who  stole  his  hay  (August,  1857).  In  Eng- 
land there  are  families  of  Passe,  Dagger,  Lance, 
Muskett,  Pistol,  Armory,  Blades,  Challenger, 
Cockshott,  Officer,  &c.  J.  S.  Muskett  was  a  sub- 
scriber to  Ackerman's  "  History  of  Oxford."  Rev. 
James  Shooter  published  an  interesting  account  of 
the  Kaffirs.  New  Jersey  has  its  Judge  Arrowsmith. 
Mr.  Arrowsmith  is  a  cotton-broker  in  Liverpool.  I 
find  also,  in  1800,  the  names  of  Fort  and  Furlow. 
There  was  an  English  author  named  Wadd  in  1811. 
Dane  cites  the  case  of  Mr.  Thrustout.  Rev.  Mr. 
Warrey  was  a  subscriber  to  Thomson's  "Seasons." 
Mr.  Valliant  was  an  English  engraver.  Among  our 
Massachusetts  physicians  are  Drs.  Champion,  Hero, 
and  Camp  ;    and  our  lawyers  furnish  Mr.  Manley 


*  This  name  is  said  to  be  derived  from  an  ancient  encampment  near  Chew 
Magna,  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  England.  A  family  of  the  name  is  found  in  the 
neighboring  county  of  Dorset.  —  Dixon  on  Surnames. 


222  NAMES    FROM    FIGHTING. 

and  Mr.  Ensign.     A  recent  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege is  named  Riggin  Buckler. 

In  names  from  fighting,  we  have  Bickers, 
Bralley,  Harras,  Taunt,  Madden,  Coyle,  Clash, 
Lash,  Lasher,  Wagstaff,  Whalen,  Hasham 
(L.  97,  f.  67),  Faught,  Pounder,  Pushee,  Punch, 
Thresher,  Feight,  Whippen,  Whipping,   Backer, 

BOXALL,  BlCKERSTAFF,  KNOCK,    KNOX,    NoCK    (1665), 

Cuff,  Hurll,  Lynch,  Clinch,  Maul,  Gouge,  and 
Burk.  Mr.  Buffet  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  J.  Bicker, 
Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chauchard's  maps  ;  as  did 
the  Right  Hon.  Lady  Ann  Wallop  for  Jones's 
"  Miscellanies."  Schiller's  "  Robbers  "  was  trans- 
lated by  Render  (1799).  Weale  is  the  celebrated 
publisher  of  architectural  works.  Mr.  Nock,  of 
Windsor  Locks,  Conn.,  failed  in  1857.  Mr.  Wag- 
staff,  of  New  York,  having  made  an  assault,  was 
killed  in  1857.  Messrs.  Bravo  and  Brother,  of 
Jamaica,  belying  their  name,  displayed  great  huma- 
nity towards  slaves  brought  into  that  island  in  1857. 
In  New  York  are  families  of  Backen,  Backer,  Harm, 
Harms  ;  fifteen  families  of  Striker  ;  ten  of  Stryker  ; 
also  Strip,  Struck,  Strucke,  Stun,  and  Wacker. 

Mr.  Striker  is  postmaster  at  Bloomfield,  C.W. 
Mr.  Strike  lives  at  Perrytown,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lasher, 
at  Col  Saree,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Trouse,  at  Chelsea,  C.E. ; 
Mr.  Clench,  at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Hackwell,  at 
Boscobel,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Hacking,  at  Listorel,  C.W. ; 
Mr.   Strype,  at   Mono   Mills,  C.W.  ;    Mr.  Beat,  at 


NAMES    FROM    FIGHTING.  223 

Gore,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Dirkin  and  Mr.  Club,  at  London, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Harms,  at  Hamilton,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Stick- 
ler, at  Lancaster,  C.W. 

In  the  Directory  of  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  for  1855,  are 
families  of  Maul,  Fister,  Kick,  &c. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Backer,  Banger, 
Banghart,  Wallop,  Clubbe,  Tingle,  Tingleman, 
Tingley,  Crasher,  Harmer,  Pfister,  Pound,  Rouw, 
Stryker  and  Striker  ;  Stun  ;  twelve  families  of 
Fite,  and  twenty-nine  families  of  Butcher,  —  a  queer 
assortment  for  the  city  of  brotherly  love ! 

Capt.  Boxer  is  at  the  Woolwich  Arsenal  in  Eng- 
land. Miss  Boxer,  of  Quebec,  was  passenger  in  a 
Cunard  steamer  (November,  1857).  Nathaniel 
Rench  died  at  Fulham,  England,  a  hundred  and  one 
years  old  (1783).  In  Wirks worth  Church,  England, 
is  the  tomb  of  Francis  Hurt,  Esq.,  of  Alderwasley 
(1854).  Charles  Hurt,  Esq.,  subscribed  for  Chau- 
chard's  maps ;  and  a  Mr.  Hurt,  at  the  South,  mur- 
dered his  wife  (July,  1857).  Mr.  Whippey  lives  at 
Nantucket.  Mr.  Thrash  died  at  our  hospital  in 
October,  1857.  Perhaps  Thrasher  should  be  intro- 
duced into  this  company,  rather  than  among  fishes. 
Mr.  Thresher  made  a  deed  (L.  726,  f.  158).  Mr. 
Whipp  is  found  in  South  Lyme,  Conn.  ;  and  both 
Whip  and  Whipp,  in  New  York.  Mr.  Pfister  is 
Quartermaster-General  of  Alabama.  Mr.  Strokes 
lives  in  Manchester,  N.H.  Mr.  Stryker  was  a  candi- 
date for  the  mayoralty  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.     Mr.  Fling 


224 


NAMES    FROM    FIGHTING. 


lives  in  Gardiner,  Me.  Mr.  Harmar  is  a  graduate  of 
Yale.  Mr.  Harms,  a  distinguished  German  preacher, 
was  born  1778.  Mr.  Hurter  lives  at  Littleton, 
Conn.-;  Mr.  Bumpus,  at  Wareham,  Mass.  Who  has 
not  heard  of  Strype's  "  Annals  and  Memorials  "  1 
Gouge's  "  Domestic  Duties,"  published  in  1634,  is 
less  generally  known  ;  as  is  the  publication  of  Mr. 
Cuffe  in  1633.  The  ancestor  of  our  Mr.  Ammidown 
was  probably  floored. 


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CHAPTER   XXX. 

NAMES   FROM  DISEASES;    MEDICINES;    AND   DRINKING  NAMES. 

From  diseases  we  have  the  names  Fitt  (1673),  Fitts, 
Fitz,  Secic,  Byles,  Bilye,  Aiken,  Ayling,  Ricketts, 
Goutier,  Bane,  Banes,  Bain,  Wenbane  (1645), 
Fatal,  &c  *  Dr.  Badarague  ("  bad-air  ague  %  ")  died 
in  Boston  Harbor  (October,  1857).  Mr.  Phelon  lives 
in  Chelsea,  Mass.  Mr.  Fever  year  was  a  graduate  at 
Harvard  ;  as  were  Mr.  Mesick  and  Mr.  Coffing 
at  Yale.  Fyt  was  a  Dutch  printer  of  note.  Mr. 
Ailman  lives  at  Newport,  R.I.  Mr.  Cramp,  of  Nova 
Scotia,  subscribed  for  Agassiz'  work.  Messrs.  Aik- 
man  and  Akyng  live  in  New  York ;  also  Mr.  Grips. 
In  England  are  found  families  of  Headache,  Cramp, 
Fever,  Ague,  Aikman,  Akenside,  Bunyan,  and  even 
Gumboil  and  Pimple.  Mr.  Bayne  is  a  distinguished 
English  author.  Mr.  Mange  is  consul  for  Belgium 
at  New  York.  Piles's  "  Lives  of  Painters  "  is  re- 
commended in  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773.     Mr. 


*  Quincy  I  do  not  add  to  my  list  of  diseases ;  for  that  name  is  borne  by  one 
among  us  who  unites  the  fire  of  youth  to  the  wisdom  of  age.  Like  the  monarch  of 
the  forest,  still  crowned  with  verdure,  in  him  is  fulfilled  the  promise  of  Holy  Writ, 
"  His  leaf  also  shall  not  wither."  It  is  needless  to  add,  that  1  refer  to  Hon.  Josiah. 
Quincy,  late  President  of  Harvard  College. 

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226  NAMES    FROM    DISEASES. 

Gumbell  and  Mr.  Boils  live  in  New  York  ;  and 
Mr.  Glander,  of  New  York,  has  also  an  unpleasant 
name.  I  find  there,  likewise,  families  of  Sick,  Sick- 
man,  Lefever,  Measel,  Piles,  Pock,  Twitchings, 
Tumer  ;  three  families  of  Wart,  two  of  Warts,  two 
of  Wartman  ;  also  Wortt,  Worts,  Wortman,  Wen- 
ning,  Wenman,  and  Whitelaw  (i.  e.,  "  whitlow]  "). 

Lepper  is  a  very  common  name  in  Canada,  at  Auro- 
ra, C.W.,  St.  Catherine's,  C.W.,  Toronto,  C.W.,  &c. 
Three  families  of  Cramp  live  in  Montreal ;  also  Mr. 
Surgeon  and  Mr.  Patient.  This  latter  name,  per- 
haps, indicates  a  gentle  disposition.  Messrs.  Whit- 
law  and  Felon  also  live  there.  Felon  may,  perhaps, 
be  traced  to  a  more  questionable  origin  than  a  mere 
bodily  ailment.  Mr.  Flux  lives  at  Kingston,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Mesill,  at  Snow  Village,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Kauffman, 
at  Toronto,  C.W.,  where  I  also  find  Messrs.  Sorely, 
Warty,  Whitelow,  and  Witheron. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Ake,  Ache,  Akens, 
Akey,  Achey,  Aker,  and  Akin,  —  a  most  numerous 
delegation  ;  Mr.  Wart  ;  two  families  of  Dropsie  ; 
fourteen  families  of  Cramp  ;  Mr.  Coffman,  Mr.  Stag- 
ers, Mr.  Vitus  ("  St.  Vitus's  dance  %  "),  Mr.  Illman  ; 
Messrs.  Sick,  Sickman,  and  Sickling. 

In  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in  1855,  were  families  of  Fester, 
Prickle  (before  mentioned),  Pharnambucey  ("  phar- 
macy'?"), and  Newback.  Mr.  Liver,  of  that  city,  is 
probably  descended  from  one  who  had  that  organ  dis- 
eased.    A   letter  addressed   to  Thomas  Pilling  was 


NAMES    FROM    DISEASES    AND    MEDICINES.  227 

advertised  at  the  Potts ville  post-office,  Dec.  31, 
1857. 

Mr.  Headeach  was  a  subscriber  to  the  Macklin 
Bible. 

As  an  offset  to  these  names,  we  have  Truss,  Set- 
right,    POTTECARY,    LeACH,    LeECH,    HeALEY,    HeAL, 

Heald,  Wellman,  Wombwell,  Bloodgood,  Mixer, 
Messer,  Pillsbury,  Seton,  Wormwood,  Garlick, 
Hartshorn,  Tansey,  Marjoram,  Mullen,  Cruse 
(L.  229),  Kruse,  &c. 

Mr.  Goodyear  lives  at  Caledonia,  C.W.  Mr.  Well 
lives  at  Loretto,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Healing,  at  Montreal ; 
Mr.  Messmore,  at  Port  Dalhousie,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Pill- 
man,  at  Stratford,  C.W. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Alwell,  Cure, 
Bitters.  Mr.  Splint  seems  born  for  surgery.  Mr. 
Somwell,  of  that  city,  has  a  convalescent  name  ;  and 
Mr.  Longwell  seems  to  have  dispensed  with  medical 
attendance.  k 

In  London  I  find  (1858)  families  of  Hadrot  and 
Pilbeam  ;  Sweatman  and  Dietman  ;  Mr.  Crutch  ; 
and,  as  a  matter  of  course,  Mr.  Motion,  &c.  The 
Medici  family  is  one  of  the  most  eminent  in  history. 
Disease  and  health  seem  to  be  contending  in  the  suit 
of  Coughamour  vs.  Bloodgood,  reported  27  Penn. 
State  Rep.  285.  A  Mr.  Mix  was  a  Harvard  gra- 
duate :  others  of  the  name  now  live  at  New  Haven, 
and  at  Warren,  Vt.  Mrs.  Messum  is  a  nurse  in  New 
York.     A  Mr.  Pilling  is  found  at  Stockbridge,  and 


228  NAMES    FROM    DISEASES    AND    MEDICINES. 

another  at  Lynnfield.  Mr.  Pellett  lives  in  Spencer. 
Mr.  Stillweel  lives  at  Fall  River,  Mass ;  and  there 
was  in  our  navy,  in  1849,  a  midshipman  of  that  name. 
Motherwell's  Poems  are  familiar  to  us  all.  Mr. 
Motherwell  lives  at  Stratford,  C.W.  Cruise's 
"  Digest  "  is  one  of  the  best  text-books  of  English  law. 
Cruice's  Poems  were  published  in  1857  in  England ; 
and  Leadbitter  is  found  there.  Mr.  Vigor,  and 
even  Mr.  Health  himself,  lives  in  New  York ;  where 
are  also  found  families  of  Pill,  Salts,  Tingle,  and 
Wel.  Mr.  Weller  (not  Samuel)  also  lives  there. 
In  England  are  families  of  Pilley,  Purge,  &c.  Lieut.- 
Col.  Cure  was  wounded  at  the  assault  on  the  Redan. 
There  was  a  John  Soda  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time. 
Dr.  Toothaker,  of  Middlesex  County,  is  a  general 
practitioner,  not  a  mere  dentist.  Mr.  Prickett,  a 
midshipman  in  our  navy  (1849),  probably  never 
wielded  the  lancet.  Dr.  Bump,  of  Freetown,  is  not 
exclusively  a  surgeon;  nor  was  Mr.  Thomas  Bump, 
of  Bristol  County,  a  mere  criminal  lawyer.  This 
family  is  widely  extended.  Thus  Mrs.  Patience  J. 
Bump  lives  in  Mantua,  Ohio. 

Habits  of  intemperance  are  so  fruitful  a  cause  of 
disease,  that  names  derived  from  these  two  sources 
may  well  be  classed  together. 

Besides  the  numerous  list  of  drinking  names 
alluded  to  in  p.  21,  we  have  Inman,  Dryman,  Ta- 
verner,  Bibbins,  Tift,  Tapley,  Pottle  (L.  618,  f.  47), 
Cordial,  Ginn  (L.   439,  f.  100),  Corker,   Sherry, 


drinking  names.  229 

Ciders,  Mull,  Mullery,  Rumsell,  Rummer,  Rumery, 
&c.  The  name  of  Sipple,  perhaps  corrupted  from 
Tipple,  occurs  in  L.  679. 

Gingrass  has  been  before  mentioned  (p.  59)  as  a 
very  common  name  in  Canada.  There  are  fifty- 
seven  families  of  it  in  Quebec.  Mr.  Portt  lives 
at  Adare,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Allport,  at  Churchville, 
C.W.  ;  Mr.  Beveridge,  at  Hamilton,  C.W.  Mr. 
Wincup  ("  wine-cup  ")  lives  at  Willowdale,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Beer,  at  Bourg  Louis,  C.E.,  and  Orono,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Tiplin,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  Messrs.  Sippet 
and  Spilling  both  live  at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Giddy, 
at  Cobourg,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Slooman,  at  London,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Booze,  at  Mid  Grove,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Boosey,  at 
Romney,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Reel,  at  Port  Hope,  C.W.  Mr. 
Swigg  is  town-clerk  at  Pictou,  C.W.  Mr.  Tapper 
lives  at  Cherry  Creek,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  In  sell  and  Mr. 
Barnight,  at  London.  C.W.  Mr.  Inright,  of  Que- 
bec, is  perhaps  in  wrong  among  this  company. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Winpress  (i.  e., 
"  wine-press  "),  Allely,  Sack,  Popp,  Madera,  Mull, 
Mullincup,  Kork,  Plug,  Booz  and  Boozer,  Fresh, 
Sipler,  Siples,  Sippel,  Sipple,  and  Sipps. 

J.  B,  Sippet  was  convicted  in  Middlesex  County 
(November,  1857)  for  a  violation  of  the  liquor-law. 
Mrs.  Tiffts  lived  in  Salem.  In  Ohio  there,  is  a  town 
named  Tiffin.  Mr.  Tiffen  lives  in  London  (1858). 
We  have  the  names  of  Dreyer  and  Mugridge.  Mr. 
Cater  lives  at  Barrington,  N.H.     Mr.  Potwin  and 


230  DRINKING    NAMES. 

Mr.  Potwine  are  both  Yale  graduates.  John  Bar- 
more  was  wrecked  in  the  "  Central  America  "  (1857). 
In  the  Directory  of  1857  is  Mr.  Orum  ("O  rum!"), 
and  four  families  of  that  name  live  in  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Drinkard  was  appointed  Chief  Clerk  in  the 
war-department  at  Washington  in  1857.  Mr.  Swig- 
ert  is  Clerk  of  the  Courts  at  Kentucky.  Mr.  Branda 
is  consul  for  Belgium  at  Norfolk,  Va.  Mr.  In  keep, 
of  Iowa,  was  married  October,  1857.  Mr.  Bibbler,  of 
Berwick,  Ohio,  failed  in  September,  1857.  Mr. 
Fresher  sailed  for  Liverpool  in  a  Cunard  steamer 
(December,  1857). 

In  the  New- York  Directory  I  find  Beer  (well 
spelt),  Firehock,  Hock,  Popp,  Poppe,  Sack,  Sherrey, 
Sherry,  Wein,  Wines,  Creter,  Dram,  Bibber,  Bib- 
bins,  Distill,  Corkery,  Colthirst  (i.e.,  cold  thirst,"  — 
a  name  indicative  of  a  wish  for  something  warming), 
Ripps,  Rover,  Row,  Sackmann,  Sipp,  Zipp,  Zippill, 
Tapper,  Tappy,  Treter,  Reel,  Weiner,  Weiners, 
Weinman,  Wineman,  Winehart,  Weinstock,  Wine- 
stock,  Weingartner,  Winegardner;  also  the  ex- 
pressive names  of  Swiger  and  Whiskeyman.  Mr. 
Sauerwein  ("  sour  wine")  lives  in  Baltimore  (1858). 
In  the  Buffalo  Directory  for  1855,  I  find  Sourwine, 
Lightwine,  Tosspot,  Beer,  and  Port  ;  and,  in  the 
Peoria  Directory  for  1858,  Mess,  Sip,  and  Fill- 
drought. 

In  England  are  families  of  Sack,  Rum,  Ale,  Dram, 
Drunken,  Gin,  Claret,  Coignac,  Port,  Drinkmilk, 


drinking  names.  231 

Drinkdregs,  Pledger,  Dryer,  Somedry,  Sober, 
Muddle,  Tipple,  and  Udrink.  Champagne  was  a 
Flemish  painter.  One  Mr.  Lees  lives  at  Westport, 
Conn. ;  another,  at  Winchendon,  Mass.  ;  and  Mr. 
Driggs,  at  Cheshire,  Conn.  Another  Mr.  Pottle 
lives  at  Northport,  Me. ;  Mr.  Beeker,  at  Fitchbnrg, 
Mass.  Beveredge's  Works  were  published  in  1720. 
Bishop  Beveridge's  "  Thoughts  on  Eeligion "  are 
recommended  by  the  Harvard  Catalogue  of  1773. 
Col.  Drought  was  wounded  in.  a  sortie  from  Delhi 
(1857) ;  and  two  privates  of  that  name  served  on  this 
continent  a  hundred  years  ago,  under  Rogers  (see  his 
Journal  in  1765).  Cheare's  Works  were  published 
in  1668;  Philopot's  Works,  in  1672;  and  Glass's 
Works,  in  1752.  Among  the  subscribers  to  Thom- 
son's "  Seasons  "  is  Mrs.  Sober. 


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CHAPTER    XXXI. 

NAMES  FROM  EJACULATIONS,  &c. 

We  have  families  of  Butt,  Orr,  From,  Thus,  How, 
Ware,  Watt,  and  Wye.  Whatman's  drawing- 
paper  is  advertised  among  us.  Dane  cites  the  case  of 
Mr.  Yea.  Mrs.  Yea  was  a  subscriber  to  Jones's 
"  Miscellanies."  In  New  York  are  the  names  of  Ask, 
Askin,  Askins.  We  have  Licet  ("  although  ")  ; 
and,  in  England,  there  exist  families  of  And,  By, 
Truly,  Ho,  Hum,  Lo,  Yett,  Try,  Helpusgod,  Bythe- 
way,  Pugh,  and  Hangitt.  Orr's  Sermons  were 
published  in  1739  ;  and  Over's  Architecture  in  1758. 
Mr.  Over  lives  in  New  York.  An  ancient  English 
navigator  was  named  With.  With's  "  Railroad 
Accidents  "  was  translated  and  published  in  Boston  in 
1856.  Mr.  About  has  written  about  Greece.  Dane 
cites  a  case  of  Mr.  Always.  Mr.  Alway  made  a 
deed  (L.  45,  f.  2).  Mr.  Alloway  lives  at  Hamilton, 
C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Alway,  at  Philadelphia.  Within  the 
present  year,  there  has  been  recorded  a  deed  to  Mr. 
Only  (L.  694).  Mr.  Dickins  appears  in  our  records 
(1650).  Among  the  graduates  of  Harvard  College, 
I  find  the  names  of  See  and  Pugh. 


NAMES    FROM    EJACULATIONS,    ETC.  233 

Mr.  Malison  was  a  United-States  bankrupt.     Mr. 
Benison  appears  in  our  Directory  for  1857.    Mr.  Dam- 
min   is  mentioned  in   our  records  (1665).     England 
has  had  its  Archbishop  Laud,  who  was  very  much 
detested.      Lady  Cust  published  the  "  Invalid's  Own 
Book."     Mr.  Kerse*  made  a  deed  (L.  702,  f.  82). 
In  New  York  are  families  of  Bless   and  Blessing  ; 
also  Pardee  (i.e.,  "pardieu"),  Sworn,  Darner,  Cus- 
him,  Cursin,  Dambmann,  and  Damm.      In  Philadel- 
phia I  find  both  Blessing  and  Blest,  Damman  and 
Demme.     Mr.  Damm  lives  in  London  (1858).     Miss 
Fudge  changed  her  name  by  matrimony,  doubtless 
for  the  better,  in  July,  1856.     I  do  not  know  whether 
she  was  connected  with  the  family  whose  travels  in 
Paris  form  one  of  the  most  amusing  works  of  fiction 
in  the  language.     Mr.  Mygatt  ("  my  God  !  ")  lives  at 
New  Milford,  Conn. ;   and  also  in  New  York.     Mr. 
Migeod  lives  in   Philadelphia;    Mr.    Purdeu  ("par 
Dieu  "),  at  Chelsea  ;  Pudor  ("  oh,  shame  !  "),  at  Port- 
land, Me.     Mr.  Hugh  Pugh  is  found  in  Guilford,  Vt. ; 
and   Mr.   Pishon   lives   at  Vassalborough,  Me.     Mr. 
Harrah   ("  hurrah  !  ")    arrived    here   in    a   Cunard 
steamer  (November,  1857).     We  have  the  name  of 
Oomen.      Mr.  John  E.  Portent,  of  Charleston,  S.C., 
was  appointed  consul  to  Oporto,  July,  1857. 

The  English  have  the  names  of  Bigod,  Bygod,  Oly- 
father,  &c.  Dickens  is  the  most  popular  writer  of  the 
age.    Mr.  Bosch  is  found  among  the  graduates  of  Yale. 

*  This  means  a  "  bulrush." 
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234  NAMES    FROM    EJACULATIONS,    ETC. 

Mr.  Bosh  lives  in  New  York ;  where  are  also  found 
families  of  Augh  !  Ahoa  !  Oeh  !  Letts  and  Letus, 
Pahview  !  Presto  !  Perdue,  and  Wrely  ("  really  "). 
We  have  the  word   Swares  ;    also  the   ejaculations 

GODSOE,  GODSO,  GORHEY,  GoRI,    SlREE,    MYHE,    HlST, 

Ha  ark,  Harke,  Selah,  List,  Look,  and  Fab,  well. 
Mr.  Adee  ("adieu")  is  a  graduate  of  Yale. 

Mr.  Ough  lives  at  Cobourg,  C.W.,  and  at  Holland 
Landing,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Lor,  at  Drummondville,  C.W.  ; 
Mr.  Fye,  at  Montreal ;  Messrs.  Tutt  and  Tutty,  at 
Toronto,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Gorrie,  at  Richmond,  C.E. ;  Mr. 
Gorry,  at  Yorkville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Weldone,  at  La- 
colle,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Holady,  at  Toronto ;  Mr.  Goodeve, 
at  Cobourg,  C.W.  Mr.  Fain  was  graduated  at  West 
Point. 

In  Philadelphia  are  seventeen  families  of  Weldon  ; 
Mr.  Wist,  Mr.  Ahem  !  Mr.  Allbutt  ;  Messrs.  Fey, 
Fie,  and  Phy  ;  Mr.  Off,  Mr.  Pish,  Mr.  Poe,  Mr. 
Poh,  Mr.  Pue,  Mr.  Sartain,  Mr.  Heugh,  Mr.  Hey, 
Mr.  Hark,  Mr.  Biddam  (an  emphatic  word),  Mr. 
Achuff  (sounding  like  a  sneeze),  Mr.  Bye,  and 
Mr.  Bibi  (an  infant's  adieu). 

Mr.  Finis  lives  at  Almira,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Farewell, 
in  Albany,  Vt. ;  and  Mr.  Goodby  is  a  clergyman  in 
East  Poultney,  Vt. 


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CHAPTER    XXXII. 

SURNAMES   FROM   CHRISTIAN  NAMES;   OR   ENDING   IN   OLD    SAXON 

WORDS. 

Many  Christian  names  appear  among  us  as  surnames ; 
as  Aaron,  Abel,  Abner,  Abraham  (1682),  Adam, 
Albert,  Alfred,  Alonzo,  Ambrose,  Amos,  Andrew, 
Antonio,  Angus,  Archibald,  Archbald,  Arthur, 
Asher,  Augustus,  Gustus,  Guss,  Barnaby,  Bartho- 
lomew, Bartemas,  Ben,  Benn,  Benjamin,  Calvin, 
Christopher,  Casper,  Carl  (German  for  "  Charles  "), 
Charles,  Claude,  Conrad,  Cornelius,  Daniell, 
David,  Donald,  Duncan,  Edgar,  Edward,  Edmond, 
Eli,  Ely,  Elisha,  Enos,  Enoch,  Ezekiel  (L.  593, 
f.  94),  Felix,  Ferdinand,  Francis,  Frederick, 
George,  Gilbert,  Giles,  Godfrey,  Gregory,  Hen- 
ry, Hosea,  Humphrey,  Hugh,  Isaac,  Littlejohn, 
James,  Job,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Lawrence,  Leonard, 
Leopold,  Levi,  Lewis,  Luke,  Luther,  Manuel, 
Melvin,  Moses,  Nathan,  Nicholas,  Oliver,  Patrick, 
Paul,  Peter,  Philo,  Ralph,  Roger  (L.  167,  f.  281), 
Roland,  Sampson,  Samuel  (1656),  Saul,  Solomon, 
Standfast  (1650),  Stephen  (L.  630),  Shadrach, 
Thomas,    Thom,    Tristram    (1653),    Titus,    Tobias, 


236  surnames  from  christian  names. 

Tobey,  Tobie,  Uriah  (1653),  Vivian,  Will,  Willey. 
To  this  list  should  be  added  all  the  female  names 
enumerated  ante,  p.  54-56. 

Mr.  Goodwillie  lives  at  Montreal;  Mr.  Good- 
Frederick,  at  Kingston,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Meiklejohn,  at 
Quebec ;  Mr.  Tom,  at  Port  Hope,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Jerry, 
at  Toronto. 

Among  the  West-Point  graduates  are  Mr.  Marma- 
duke  and  Mr.  Nicodemus. 

In  Philadelphia  are  families  of  Benny,  Ezra, 
Hugh,  Natt,  Noah,  and  Silas.  Mr.  Fred  lived  in 
Buffalo,  N.Y.,  in  1855. 

Walter  has  been  eminent  in  the  editorial  line,  — 
at  the  head  of  the  great  London  "  Times  "  and  of  our 
little  "  Transcript."  George  Gideon,  jun.,  was  an 
engineer  in  our  navy  in  1849.  Mr.  Bennie  lives  in 
New  York ;  also  families  of  Caleb,  Gyles,  Jonas, 
Marcus,  Nathan,  Peterkin,  Simon,  Tobias,  Wil- 
helm  and  Willhelm  (German  for  "  William  "),  and 
Wilhelmy.  Will's  "  Analysis  "  appeared  in  London 
in  1856.  Mr.  Tims  was  a  subscriber  to  the  "  Odys- 
sey." Jesse  is  a  well-known  English  writer.  Sammes's 
"Britannia  Antiqua  "  appeared  in  1676.  We  had 
two  members  of  the  bar  named  respectively  Benja- 
min James  and  James  Benjamin.  In  Salem  are 
families  of  Dan,  Noah,  Saul,  and  Nick. 

A  vast  number  of  surnames  are  derived  from  Chris- 
tian names  by  the  prefix  of  Ap,  Mac,  or  Fitz  ; 
or  by  the  addition  of  Son  at  the  end  ;  or  of  Cock,  used 


SURNAMES    FROM    CHRISTIAN    NAMES.  237 

as  a  diminutive  (as,  "  my  little  cock  ").  Thus  Adam 
gives  us  Adams,  &c.  ;  Andrew  gives  Andrews,  &c.  ; 
Benjamin  gives  Benson  (perhaps  Bentson  is  also 
thus  derived);  David  gives  Davids,  Davis,  Davies, 
Davidson,  Davison  ;  Edward  gives  Edson  ;  Eleanor 
gives  Nelson  ;  Hugh  gives  Hughes,  Huse,  &c.  ; 
Isaac  gives  Isaacks,  Hiscock,  &c.  ;  Jacob  gives 
Jacobs  ;  John  gives  Jones,  Jackson,  Johnson,  Jack, 
&c,  and  even  Hancock;  Nathan  gives  Nathanson  ; 
Nicholas  gives  Nichols  ;  Oliver  gives  Noll  ;  Peter 
gives  Peters,  Peterson,  and  even  Perkins,  Pierce, 
Parr,  &c.  ;  Richard  gives  Richards,  Richardson, 
Dick,  Dicks,  Dix,  Dickson,  Dixon,  Dickman,  &c.  ; 
Robert  gives  Roberts,  Robertson,  Robinson,  &c. 
Babsou  is  perhaps  Bobson.  Saul  gives  Sauls  ; 
Stephen  gives  Stevens,  Stevenson,  Stephenson,  &c.  ; 
Samuel  gives  Samuels,  Sampson.  Thomas  gives 
Thompson,  Timothy,  Timson,  &c.  ;  William  gives 
Williams,  Williamson,  Bilson,  &c. 

The  firm  of  Fitshugh  and  Littlejohn,  of  Oswego, 
failed  in  1857.  A  Mr.  Jack  is  a  graduate  of  Yale. 
This  name  popularly  indicates  a  lack  of  intellect. 
Paulsen  ("  Paul's  son ")  is  the  American  Philidor. 
He  played  at  one  time  (October,  1857),  in  New  York, 
five  games  of  chess,  blindfolded,  beating  in  four  of 
them  ;  the  fifth  being  a  drawn  game ;  evincing  a  power 
of  abstraction  and  memory  unparalleled  in  the  history 
of  the  world.  Ten  families  of  Molson  live  in  Mon- 
treal ;    Mr.    Peterkin,    at   Toronto,    C. W.  ;    and    in 


238  NAMES    ENDING    IN    OLD    SAXON    WORDS. 

Philadelphia  are  families  of  Aaronson,  Albertson, 
Peterwharf,  &c.  I  find,  in  1828,  a  Mr.  Sams,  of 
Darlington,  England. 

Barry  and  Parry  are  both  supposed  to  be  derived 
from  Ap  Harry,  Austin  from  St.  Augustine, 
Hodges  from  Roger,  Hallet  from  Allan,  Tudor 
from  Theodore,  Timmins  from  Timothy,  Everett 
from  Everard,  Ellis  from  Elias  ;  and  Bryant,  Du- 
rant,  Dodd,  Eddy,  Edes,  Goodwin,  Hammond, 
Harding,  Harvey,  Searle,  Sewall,  and  Warner, 
are  all  said  to  be  derived  from  obsolete  Christian 
names.  Cradock  is  from  the  Welsh  Christian  name 
Caradoc. 

Many  names,  derived  from  the  Saxon  or  other 
sources,  are  made  up  of  endings  or  parts  which  had 
an  appropriate  meaning.  Thus  Cott  is  an  abbre- 
viation of  "  cottage ;  "  Endicott,  "  cottage  at  the 
end;"  Middlecott,  &c.  ;  Prescott,  or  "priest's  cot- 
tage." Perhaps,  however,  this  stands  for  "  prest- 
coat,"  derived  from  a  tailor.  Brad  means  "  broad  ;  " 
and  Ing,  "  a  meadow ;  "  Brading,  "  broad  meadow." 
Ing  also  means  "  progeny ; "  as  in  Dearing,  &c. 
Hame,  or  Ham,  means  "  a  home,"  "  farm,"  or  "  a 
village ;  "  as,  Cunningham,  Brigham.  Sall  means 
"a  hall;"  as,  Ingersall,*  "meadow  hall."  Bury, 
"a  house;"  as,  Bradbury,  &c.  Ford  and  Bridge; 
as,  Sandford  or  Sanford,  and  the  seats  of  the  two 


*  Dixon,  in  his  second  edition  of  "  Surnames,"  defines  Lxgersoll  as  "  Inger's 
hall  or  palace." 


NAMES    ENDING    IN    OLD    SAXON     WORDS.  239 

^reat  universities,  —  Oxford  and  Cambridge.  Brad- 
ford is  one  of  our  first  names.  Pont  means  "  a 
bridge  ;  "  as  in  Pierpont,  Woodbridge.  Forth 
means  "  a  way ;  "  as,  Danforth.  Throp,  or  Thrope, 
means  "  a  village ;  "  as,  Winthrop,  "  wine  village." 
Ledge  or  Lidge  ;  as,  Coolidge,  &c.  Dike  or  Ditch  ; 
as,  Thorndike,  Babbidge  or  Babbage,  Bowditch. 
Shaw,  "  a  small,  shady  wood  ;  "  as,  Bradshaw  :  it  is 
itself  one  of  our  chief  names.  Croft,  "  a  little  enclo- 
sure near  a  house ;  "  as,  Bancroft.  Wold,  "  a 
plain ;  "  as,  Griswold.  Beck  and  Burn,  "  a  small 
stream ; "  as,  Broadbeck,  Beckford  or  Bickford, 
Washburn,  Colburn,  Blackburn,  Troutbeck,  &c. 
Lee,  Lea,  Lay  or  Ley,  Leigh,  Leith  or  Leth,  "  a  field," 
or  "  pasture ;  "  as,  Bradlee,  Brinley,  Walley,  Bay- 
ley,  Eveleth,  &c.  Kampe  or  Kemp,  from  "  campus"  a 
plain  or  field.  Wood;  as,  Harwood,  Underwood, 
Atwood,  &c.  Hurst  or  Bosk,  "  a  small  wood ;  "  as, 
Ashhurst,  Parkhurst.  Wie  or  Wich,  ua  village  " 
or  "  a  bay ;  "  as,  Hardwick,  Norwich.  Hill  ;  as, 
Churchill,  Underhill,  &c.  Ling,  "  a  pool  from 
which  a  river  flows  ;  "  as,  Hamling  or  Hamlin. 
Mere,  "  a  lake ;  "  as,  Lechmere,  &c.  Stead  or 
Sted,  "  a  shore  "  or  "  place ;  "  as,  Burchstead,  Bum- 
stead,  &c.  Stan,  Stane,  or  Stone  ;  as,  Blackstone. 
Knapp,  "  a  protuberance  ;  "  as,  Belknap.  Nett, 
abbreviation  of  "  nettle  ;  "  as,  Bennett.  Low  means 
"  a  flame  or  fire,"  "  a  head,"  "  a  small  hill,"  or 
"  gentle  rise  of  ground ;  "  as,  Biglow,  Winslow,  &c. 


240  NAMES    ENDING    IN    OLD    SAXON    WORDS. 

Ton  means  "  a  hedge  "  or  "  wall,"  but  is  often  proba- 
bly used  as  Town  ;  as,  Appleton,  Milton,  &c.  Den, 
"  a  valley  "  or  "  woody  place  ;  "  as,  Hampden.  Lair 
or  Laer;  as,  Van  Rensselaer.  Marsh  is  very 
common  ;  and  we  have  Tidmarsh  (*.  e.,  "  tide-marsh  "), 
&c.  Bray,  "  a  bank  of  earth ;  "  Bury  or  Burg,  and 
Char  or  Car,  "  a  city  ;  "  Vale  or  Vall,  Dale  or 
Dall,  Pool  or  Poll,  are  all  parts  of  our  surnames. 
Also  Water  ;  as  in  Atwater,  &c. 

Many  names  end  with  Street,  Gate,  Tree,  Way, 
&c.  ;  as,  Bradstreet,  Southgate,  Shumway,  &c. 
Mrs.  Westgate,  of  New  York  (May,  1858),  is  the 
great  poisoner  of  the  century. 

End  itself  is  sometimes  the  end  of  a  surname;  as 
in  Towtnsend,  &c. 


241 


CHAPTER    XXXIII. 

NAMES    ORIGINATING   IN   MISTAKE;    TRANSLATED;    CHANGED;    &c. 

Many  names  are  undoubtedly  the  mere  result  of  mis- 
take or  mis-spelling.  A  late  resident  officer  of  our 
Hospital  informs  me  that  he  has  received  bills  made 
out  against  the  institution,  in  which  that  word  has 
been  spelt  in  forty-six  different  ways,  a  list  of  which 
he  sends  me.  In  1844,  one  Joseph  Galliano  died 
in  Boston ;  and,  in  our  Probate  Records,  he  has 
the  alias  of  Joseph  Gallon,  —  that  having  been  his 
popular  name.  Plamboeck,  in  some  of  our  con- 
veyances, became  Plumback.  These  are  names  in  a 
transition  state.  So  likewise  a  Spanish  boy,  having 
the  Christian  name  of  Benito,  pronounced  Beneeto, 
who  shipped  with  Dr.  Bowditch  in  one  of  his  voyages 
(as  mentioned  in  his  Memoir,  1839),  became  Ben 
Eaton  ;  *  and  a  foundling,  named  Personne  (i.  e., 
"  nobody  "),  became  Mr.  Pearson.  Perhaps  our 
Barnfield  is  but  a  corruption  of  the  glorious  old 
Dutch  name  Barneveldt.  Jacques  Beguin,  of 
Texas,  as  we  learn  from  Olmstead,  became  John 
Bacon.     The  firm  of  Wehle  and  Weniger,  in  Rox- 

*  See  Memoir  prefixed  by  me  to  the  "  Mecanique  Celeste." 
31 


242  NAMES    TRANSLATED    AND    CHANGED. 

bury,  might  easily  be  thus  transmuted  to  Veal  and 
Vinegar.  Bellows  is  supposed  to  be  a  corruption 
of  de  Belle  Eau.  The  family  crest  represents 
"  water  poured  from  a  chalice  into  a  basin."  The 
"beautiful  waters"  of  Bellows  Falls  will  for  ever 
appropriately  commemorate  the  name  and  home  of 
the  founder  of  this  family  in  our  country."*  In  one 
part  of  East  Boston,  chiefly  occupied  by  Irish  labor- 
ers, the  streets  are  named  for  the  poets  Byron, 
Southey,  Wordsworth,  &c.  Alexander  Wadsworth 
is  a  surveyor  well  known  to  many  of  those  residents, 
no  one  of  whom,  probably,  ever  heard  of  the  Sage  of 
Grasmere ;  and,  in  the  deeds  of  their  lots,  the  sur- 
veyor has  very  generally  carried  the  day.  Mr.  Cisco 
is  Sub-treasurer  of  New  York.  This  family  origi- 
nated in  a  foreigner  named  John  Francisco,  who, 
for  brevity,  voluntarily  changed  his  signature  to  John 
F.  Cisco.  Europe  has  a  similar  name  in  Rev.  F.  G. 
Lisco,  of  Berlin. 

Many  foreign  names  are  entirely  altered  by  transla-' 
tion.  Thus  Pierpont  would  be  Stonebridge.  And, 
if  not  translated,  they  often  wholly  lose  their  original 
significance.  Thus  the  German  Gutman  should  be 
Goodman;  Kraft, Sinn, and  Lust  should  be  Strength, 
Meaning,  Pleasure,  &c.  In  the  London  Directory 
of  1858  are  the  names  of  Gut  and  Gutkind  (*.  e., 
"  good  "  and  "  good  child  ").      Goodchap,  in    plain 

*  See  "  History  of  the  Bellows  Family,"  by  Rev.  Henry  W.  Bellows,  D.D., 
of  New  York. 


NAMES  TRANSLATED  AND  CHANGED.      243 

English,  is  found  in  their  company.  A  French 
family  of  Blanchpied,  settled  in  Essex  County,  has 
had  its  name  both  translated  and  corrupted,  — 
ending  in  families  of  Whitefoot  and  Blumpey  ;  and 
a  German  named  Rubsum,  who  emigrated  to  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  became,  by  translation,  Mr.  Turnipseed. 
It  is  not  only  gravely  asserted,  but  is  considered  to  be 
proved,  that  the  French  "jour "  is  derived  from  the 
Latin  "  dies"  through  the  changes  of  diurno,  journo, 
jour.  Many  grotesque  names  are  known  to  have 
been  given  to  foundlings.  A  female  infant  left  at  a 
house  in  Otis  Place,  Boston,  in  1856,  was  called  Mary 
Otis  ;  and  one  left  in  an  outbuilding  in  Brookline,  in 
1856,  was  appropriately  named  Fanny  Shed. 

Many  other  names  have,  from  time  to  time,  been 
silently  changed.  Thus  the  Blague  family,  of  this 
county,  became  Blake  ;  Everedd  was  altered  to 
Webb  ;  Fitzpen  became  Phippen.  It  is  said  that 
Nye  ended  in  Noyes.  Other  names  are  pronounced 
so  differently  from  the  mode  in  which  they  are  spelt 
as  to  be  hardly  recognized.  Like  the  coin  of  a  coun- 
try, they  are  universally  clipped  and  worn.  Thus  the 
English  names  of  Cholmondeley,  Brougham,  Ha- 
worth,  Auchinleck,  Mohun,  and  Cockburn,  are 
Chumley,  Broom,  Horth,  Affleck,  Moon,  and  Co- 
burn  ;  and  a  fellow-collegian  from  the  South,  Mr. 
Taliaferro,  was  Mr.  Tolliver,  &c.  Our  own  Thuolt, 
of  Hungarian  origin,  is  pronounced  Tote.  Such 
names,  in  the  course  of  time,  often  become  spelt  as 


244  NAMES    TRANSLATED    AND    CHANGED 

they  are  pronounced.     Thus  Putnam  is  supposed  to 

be  PUTTENHAM  ;    FROTHINGHAM,  tO  be  FOTHERINGHAM, 

&c.  Pultenham  still  exists  as  an  English  name. 
Snooks  is  known  to  be  an  abbreviation  of  Seven- 
oaks.  Crowninshield  was  formerly  popularly  called 
Groundsell  ;  and  this  name  is  found  in  New  York. 
St.  John  is  pronounced  Sinjohn  ;  and  that  name  is 
common  in  Canada.  The  letter  "  p  "  is  almost  uni- 
versally cut  off.  Thus  Cold  Lane,  in  Boston,  became 
Cole  Lane  ;  and  we  have  the  name  of  Colburn 
(i.  e.,  "  cold  stream ").  Mr.  Colegrove,  of  Middle- 
town,  Mass.,  and  Mr.  Colwell,  of  Philadelphia,  sub- 
scribed for  Agassiz'  work. 

Very  many  names  were  annually  changed  by  au- 
thority of  the  General  Court,  sometimes  decidedly 
for  the  better,  but  often  with  little  or  no  improve- 
ment. It  is  a  remarkable  circumstance,  that  since 
the  jurisdiction  of  this  matter  has  been  given  to  the 
Judges  of  Probate  in  the  respective  counties,  so  that 
sufferers  in  name  can  no  longer  claim  the  sympathy 
of  the  whole  Commonwealth,  the  number  of  those 
who  apply  to  the  law  for  relief  is  very  small. 

A  mere  abstract  of  the  names  changed  by  the 
Legislature  would  be  very  amusing.  Thus  we  find 
Broadbrooks,  1805  ;  Snupe,  1806;  Bumside,*  1807; 


*  A  distinguished  lawyer  of  Middlesex  County,  named  Burnside,  disliking  his 
Christian  name,  applied  for  leave  to  change  it ;  and,  as  he  wrote  a  bad  hand,  it  was 
supposed  that  he  wished  to  change  his  surname  also  into  Bumside.  The  change 
was  made  accordingly;  and,  after  suffering  a  year's  penance,  it  became  again 
necessary  to  ask  legislative  aid. 


names  translated  and  changed.  245 

Linkhornew,  1800;  Frickey,  1824;  Tink,  1826; 
Slate,  1827;  Crouch, 1832;  Turn, 1837;  Feachem, 
1845  ;  Pedder,  1847  ;  &c.  Mr.  Pepper  Mixer,  in 
1810,  retained  his  surname,  while  he  parted  with  his 
Christian  name.  Mr.  Thode  Coats,  in  1814,  fol- 
lowed his  example.  Samuel  Quince  Whitefoot,  on 
the  contrary,  in  1833,  liked  his  Christian  name,  and 
merely  dropped  the  foot.  An  entire  family  of  Corpo- 
ral, in  1847,  laid  aside  that  dignity;  and  a  very 
numerous  family  of  Vest  divested  themselves  in  1848. 
Mr.  Thomas  Jest,  in  1850,  decided  that  it  was  no 
joke  to  retain  such  a  name  any  longer.  Mr.  Gest, 
of  Cincinnati,  however,  as  lately  as  1857,  subscribed 
for  Agassiz'  work.  Mr.  Mock,  in  this  mode,  escaped 
from  the  mockeries  of  his  friends  (L.  241,  f.  36). 


246 


CHAPTER    XXXIV. 

MISCELLANEOUS  NAMES  STILL  EXTANT   AMONG  US. 

The  following  names  still  exist  among  us,  the  deriva- 
tion of  some  of  which  is  not  very  obvious :  viz., 
Adwers,  Alcorn,  Arey,  Asag,  Axtall,  Ades,  Alker, 
Alvonere,  Anguerra,  Annaple,  Anazin,  Appollo- 
nio,  Arbuckles,  Arrisall,  Atroplich,  Atta,  Auld, 
Auty,  Azarian,  Athearn,  Averill,  Arbogast;  Babb, 
Babbs,  Babo,  Baetge,  Barcave,  Barrus,  Barsenter, 
Barta,  Bartol,  Basta,  Baty,  Baxtux,  Bedel, 
Belyea,  Bennelick,  Besent,  Bement,  Binnse,  Bish- 
pan,  Bittle,  Blain,  Blease,  Blinn,  Blish,  Blos, 
Blute,  Boit,  Bors,  Bott,  Botume,  Bouves,  Boody, 
Bowzer,  Boze,  Braan,  Brash,  Bree,  Breck,  Bris- 
coe, Brubbs,  Bub,  Bundy,  Buzzell,  Byus,  Bywaters  ; 
Calder,  Caddick,  Calnan,  Came,  Canan,  Caneday, 
Canegaly,  Cardial,  Carnes,  Cartledge,  Cary, 
Casmay,  Castin,  Casty,  Cates,  Caup,  Caulback, 
Chard,  Chism,  Chithrick,  Chizen,  Chute,  Clegg, 
Clerkin,  Clendinin,  Cline,  Comber,  Comboy,  Cono- 
logue,  Comsett,  Copp,  Corp,  Cotchet,  Cropps, 
Crawshaw,  Creech,  ,  Crego,  Crimlisk,  Crump, 
Cuddy,   Cull,  Cumber,  Cundy,  Cuntz,  Cudworth, 


miscellaneous  names  still  extant.         247 

Curry,  Curick,  Codwise,  Cutcliff  ;  Dasha,  Dardy, 
Dapmar,  Darrah,  Darrow,  Dartady,   Dashwood,# 
Deacy,  Dearby,  DeFrites,  Dench,  Deturbe,  Devar, 
Devens,  Dibblee,  Diggles,  Dill,  Dillenback,  Ding- 
well,  DlNTER,  DlSCH,  DlZER,  DoAK,   DoCKHAM,    DoU- 

dican,  Duquid,  Drew,  Duff,  Dustin,  Dwelle, 
Dwelley  ;  Earnrigo,  Easby,  Eason,  Eliaers, 
Emmes,  Esson,  Esback,  Estle,  Erquit,  Erdis,  Eliot, 
Everett;  Fadloaf,  Fague,  Fanning,  Faour,  Far- 
dle,  Fardy,  Farn,  Fasbeude,  Faulwasser  (see 
p.  123),  Faxe,  Feber,  Federhen,  Feiling,  Felbel, 
Felker,    Fergy,    Fette,    Feustle,   Fewoer,  Feyhl, 

FlLENE,     FlLHIOL,    FLACK,    FlANG,    FlATCHLEY,    FlIN- 

ders,  Fluet,  Fluker,  Flusk,  Foie,  Foltz,  Fogue, 
Forror,  Fred,  Frury,  Fruin,  Friary,  Fuess,  Fy- 
ler,  Frink,  Fricke,  Fettyplace  ;  Gair,  Gabay, 
Gakin,  Garsid,  Garside,  Gathut,  Gatup,  Gaut, 
Georgius,   Gero    (L.   708,   f.   199),   Ghio,   Giblin, 

GlGAR,     GlGER,     GlLDERSLEEVE,    GlLE,    GlNTY,    GlIN, 

Gloan,  Glueter,  Goell,  Gobbett,  Goggin,  Goget, 
Gopper,  Gossee,  Gove,  Greer  or  Grier,  Grice, 
Gribben,  Grandy,  Griggs,  Grindle,  Grissom,  Grout, 
Grummun,  Grupee,  Grush,  Gumstay,  Guppage,  Gup- 
py,  Guptill,  Guewey,  Guell,  Gutch  ;  Hauthwat, 
Hackett,  Hadaway,Haggett,  Hakey,  Hanks,  Hant, 
Harbottle,  Harnes,  Harrub,  Hartnett,  Hash- 
ell,  Hesz,  Heyer,  Hirzel,  Henk,  Herkin,  Hibra, 
Hiewe,  Hoogs,  Huil,  Hurn,  Hazall,  Haviland, 
Huber,  Hutch  ;  Iasigi,  Ivers;  Janes,  Janvarn,  Jes- 


248         miscellaneous  names  still  extant. 

sar,  Jervar,  Judd,  Junio,  Juzezst*;  Kaharl,  Kakas, 
#Kaplin,  Kahrcher,  Keeler,  Kell,  Kells,  Keyou, 

KlBBIE,  KlELY,  KlLCUP,  KlLTY,    KlPP,    KLOUS,    KoLP, 

Kough,  Kuntz,  Kyle  ;  Larvan,  Latchat,  Lathrop 
and  Lothrop,  Latz,  Leavens,  Lecktus,  Legroo,  Leet, 
Lemire,  Letts,  Lish,  Lobb,  Loftus,  Loquest,  Lootz, 
Lutz,  Longdo,  Lubke,  Lysight  ;  Magner,  Manix, 
Manks,  Maralious,  Mair,  Math,  Mecum,  Meddix, 
Milo,  Minel,  Mingo,  Moffatt,  Moro,  Muneig  ; 
Narromore,  Noll,  Nudd,  Nye  ;  Oeding,  Olsen, 
Oomen,  Onthank,  Orto,  Orgill,  Orvice,  Otis, 
Oviatt  ;  Partheimuller,  Parshley,  Passedu,  Par- 
ban,  Pasco,  Pember,  Pender,  Pendergrass,  Phister, 
Pevear,  Piggott,  Pigrim,  Pitrat,  Pishon,  Pinter, 
Planequet,  Plageman,  Podgea,  Poggman,  Poindex- 
ter,  Pendexter,  Polfary,  Pook,  Povah,  Pote, 
Pozner,  Prieto,  Pringle,  Printy,  Prout,  Prouty, 
Pussedu,  Pyser,  Paulk,  Pero,  Presho,  Pottle, 
Pycot  ;  Qualey,  Quary,  Quan,  Quilty  ;  Hall, 
Rammie,  R-ance,  Rauschert,  Rebal,  Rebola,  Rerri- 
nason,    Relch,    Renne,    Reyallion,    Rhal,    Riha, 

RlST,  RlTZ,  RlKER,  ROYLANCE,  ROUTER,    RoAF,    RoAK, 

roath,  rokue,  rollo,  roncati,  ronimus,  ruck, 
Ruddle,  Rupp  ;  Sahlein,  Sagendorph,  Sancry, 
Satchwell,  Sandicky,  Scanlan,  Schaier,  Schenk, 
schitler,  schlimper,  schnur,  schuttee,  schriever, 

SCIEPPS,  SCORSUR,  SCRIGGINS,  ScOURSE,  SeALLY,  SeNIN, 

Sharf,  Sheikeshaft,  Shearin,  Sheir,  Shine,  Shick, 
Shiloh,  Shirpsir,  Sholp,  Shopperie,  Shinitz,  Shenk- 


MISCELLANEOUS    NAMES    STILL    EXTANT.  249 

burgh,  Shankland,  Shufelt,  Shissler,    Sias,    Sim, 

SlVADIE,    SlSK,     SlVRET,     SeLLEW,     ShIMMIN,      SkEELE, 

Slatterly,  Slattery,  Sliloh,  Slines,  Sloan,  Sloog, 
Sloave,  Snaith,  Snide,  Snoden,  Snuts,  Soesman, 
Solly,  Sonk,  Sosnowky,  Soule,  Spargo,  Speirs, 
Splane,  Spokesfield,  Spoor,  Sproat,  Sprague, 
Sproul,  Sprowel  or  Sproule,  Spurgin,  Stanyan, 
Stantial,  Starkweather,  Steepleton,  Stemler, 
Steugel,  Stilfin,  Stintion,  Stitt,  Stroble,  Stubbs, 
Stokes,  Strale,  Strack,  Straine,  Stroelin,  Stru- 

BLE,      SUDERGREEN,    SuMFLETH,     SuMPTER,     SpRINGALL 

and  Springoll,  Strauss,    Sughrue,  '  Swabb,    Swad- 

KINS,  SWEETLIN,   SwEETLAND,    SYLVEIRA  J    TACY,   TaIT, 

Tarp,  Tatrow,  Taytasac,  Teamoh,  Telton,  Teltow, 
Temel,  Tevein,  Toel,  Totman,  Throop,  Thughness, 
Tillock  (164,  f.  222),  Timmins,  Titus,  Tinkham, 
Tobey,  Tonks,  Tope,  Traill,  Tr avers,  Travis, 
Trenckle,  Trescott,  Tribble,  Triggs,  Trow,  Trus- 

SELL,  TUIG,  TUNKS,  TuNNICLIFF,  TWINING,  TwiSS,  TWY- 

cross  (L.  191,  f.  223),  and  Tyzzer;  Vanderslice, 
Vans,    Veager,    Veber,    Vietz,     Vigkle,    Vipen, 

VlSALL,    VlTTUM,    VlTTY,    VoLK,    VoUGHT ;     WaGGET, 

Walko,  Warshaw,  Wasgatt,  Wass,  Watker, 
Wedin,  Wefer,  Wellock,  Wentz,  Wesberg, 
Weintz,  Weins,  Whaines,  Wheples,  Wherty, 
Whicher  and  Whitcher,  Whidden,  Whitten, 
Whittier,  Wholers,  Widger,  Widgery,  Wiget, 
Wigmore,  Wirth  ("  landlord  "),  Witherspoon, 
Weatherwax,   Willwert,    Worthley,    Woodsum, 

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250         miscellaneous  names  still  extant. 

Wrin  ;  Yankower,  Yeaker,  Yerxa,  Youlen  ; 
Zremm,   Zenn. 

Mr.  Arsenault  lives  at  Swanton,  Vt.  ;  Mr. 
Bram,  at  Pittston,  Me.  ;  Messrs.  Cyr  and  Cys,  at 
Madewaska,  Me. ;  Mr.  Craw,  at  Norwalk,  Conn. ;  Mr. 
Crump,  at  New  London,  Conn.,  and  also  at  Whately, 
Mass.  ;  Mr.  Fasset,  at  Gloucester,  R.  I.  There 
was  an  English  author  named  Fettiplace  (1666). 
Mr.  Millsaps  is  a  law-student  at  Harvard.  Noad's 
"  Chymical  Analysis  "  appeared  in  London  in  1848. 
Prus's  Algeria  was  published  in  1852.  Sheple  was 
a  common  name  at  Groton  Academy.  Sugden  is  also 
found  there :  this  is  a  name  eminent  in  English  law. 
Mr.  Sachrider  lives  at  Nashua,  N.H. ;  Mr.  Shuck, 
at  Hartford,  and  Mr.  Sawn,  at  Windsor,  Conn.  Mr. 
Unbehin  is  a  subscriber  to  a  Boston  journal.  Mr. 
Wattles  lives  at  Norwich,  Conn. 

In  New  York  I  find  families  of  Faber,  Facks, 
Frip,  Pare,  Pase,  Penfold,  Quee,  Warse,  Warsh- 
ing,  Whyms,  Weney,  Weil,  Weiler,  Weill,  Wimp, 
Windle,  Wrapp,  Wreaks,  and  Wust. 

Mr.  Arrand  lives  at  Melrose,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Crump, 
at  London,  C.W.  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Perdue,  at  Kempt- 
ville,  C.W.;  Mr.  Puttock,  at  Elmira,  C.W. ;  Mr. 
Seafart,  at  New  Aberdeen,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Snook,  at 
Brocksville,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Snooks,  at  Chatham,  C.W. ; 
Mr.  Smout,  at  Cornwall,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Swail,  at  Cote 
des  Nieges,  C.W. ;  Mr.  Scram,  at  Errol,  C.W. ;  Messrs. 
Scrimger,  Scroggie,  and  Slagrim,  at  Gait,  C.W. ; 


MISCELLANEOUS    NAMES    STILL    EXTANT.  251 

Mr.  Springall,  at  Richmond,  C.W.  ;  Mr.  Shuts,  at 
St.  Armand  Centre,  C.E. ;  Mr.  Shook,  at  Springfield, 
C.W. ;  Mr.  Took,  at  Elgin,  C.W. ;  and  Mr.  Trivett,  at 
Exeter,  C.W.  Mr.  Tidball  was  a  West-Point  gra- 
duate. Mr.  Winger,  of  Canada,  took  out  a  patent  in 
1849. 

In  Philadelphia  are  many  families  of  Altemus  ; 
also  Mr.  Arrandts  and  Mr.  Beagle.  Bockius  is  a 
common  name  there.  I  also  find  there  Messrs.  Flit- 
craft,  Grawl,  Ingrain,  Jeanyeaw,  Paffrags  ;  eight 
families  of  Quicksall;   Schiffley  and  Sites. 

Lloyd  and  Floyd  are  both  common  names  in  Bos- 
ton.    A  Mr.  Gloyd  lived  at  Abington,  Mass. 


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CHAPTER   XXXV. 

MISCELLANEOUS  NAMES  EXTINCT  IN   BOSTON. 

The  following  names  are  probably  extinct,  or  nearly 
so,  in  Boston  ;  viz.,  — 

Abdy,  Aery,  Aish,  Akeley,  Allam,  Allardice, 
Allchorous,  Allds,  Allistre,  Andem,  Andon,  An- 
nan, Ausley,  Autram,  Avis,  Aves. 

Baralet,  Barger,  Bastar,  Bearbenn  (1677), 
Blackleach,  Bongarten,  Bowd,  Breeol,  Breising, 
Brunnon,  Bulmer,  Blinko,  Bill,  Biggs,  Belitho, 
Blackadore,  Blantaine,  Boos,  Boulds,  Bernard,* 
Betanque,  Boggust,  Broaders. 

Caillouil,  Carwithie  or  Curwithie,  Chitty,  Clew- 
ley,  Clinkard,  Clutterbuck,  Codner,  Copley,  Coess, 
Cranmer,  Crick,  Cricke,  Croakham  or  Crocum, 
Carivano,  Cleaze.  * 

Darroll,  Deverill,  Deffick,  Dettrick,  Deven, 
Domblide  or  Domblider,  Dorion. 

Engs. 

Fane,  Ferniside,  Fick,  Flick. 

Gatcomb,  Gatliffe,  Getlive,  Gethoths  (1654), 

*  Barnard  is  still  a  common  name  in  Boston. 


NAMES    EXTINCT    IN    BOSTON.  253 

GUILLE,    GUMMER,     GuSS,     GuTCH     (1642),     GUTTERY, 

Getty,  Gaudel. 

HOBUN,  HUCKSTABLE,  HeDDEBALL,  HaBBERFIELD. 

Jeffs,  Jopp,  Jukes,  Judavine. 

Karr,  Kitto,  Kast,  Knodle,  Katland. 

Lepeau,  Lytherland,  Lobb,  Leaming,  Linglater, 
Lunerus  (1654),  Lusher  (1650). 

Mansise,  Mattox,  Mico. 

Naptin. 

Odlin,  Ochterlony,  Oanabus. 

Paiba,  Pimm,  Peoples  or  Pebbles,  Peppiloco, 
Pepys,  Perrigo,  Perrum,  Perwort,  Pesbeth  (1656), 
Petel,  Pruden,  Pullin,  Pynchon,  Popkin. 

quiner,  quiddy. 

Riff  (1678),  Rushton. 

Satterly,    Sawen,    Sawdy,    Saywell,    Scholes, 

SCOTTO,  SCHRIYARNEY,  SCHUCHARTEL,  SCOBIE,  SePPENS, 

Shaller,  Sharrow,  Seaberry,  Selkrig,  Sellick, 
Sendall,  Sherrod,  Sherran,  Sherren,  Shillcock, 
Sinet,  Smibert,  Sisan,  Skeath,  Sophus,  Snawsell, 
Souter  (Scotch  for  "  shoemaker  "),  Spaul,  Sprake, 
Squamong,  Stead,  Stirt,  Stokes,  Stoodly,  Stretten, 
Stroble,  Sumbrado,  Surrage,  Surcomb,  Synder- 
land,  Sadey. 

Tarn,  Tead,  Toker,  Talby,  Tawley,  Tetherly, 
Tefft,  Trewin,  Truan,  Truesdale,  Tomlin,  Tonkin, 
Tothell,  Trail,  Tyre,  Toodle,  Tate,  Tudman. 

Underhay. 

Venn,    Venner,     Vibert,     Viers,     Vanbushirk, 


254  names  extinct  in   boston. 

Vandeleer,  Vanvoorkis,  Voltz,  Vryling,  Vifven, 
Vaux. 

Walkman,  Wase  (a  very  common  name  a  hundred 
years  ago),  Wadland,  Wampas,  Wasson,  Weager, 
Weare,  Wedberg,  Werdall,  Whippo  (L.  27), 
Whittingham,    Wimble,    Winaus,    Winneberger, 

WoRTHYLAKE,    WrAY,    WlSLICENUS,    WlCKS. 

Yeale,  Yeamans,  Youring. 
zumgrunde. 


Mr.  Anketell  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  Chitty  is  a 
distinguished  legal  writer  in  England.  Sir  David 
Ochterlony  was  born  in  Boston.  Shute  Shrimpton 
Yeamans  owned  Noddle's  Island,  now  East  Boston, 
and  subscribed  for  a  royal  paper  copy  of  Miss  Jones's 
"  Miscellanies."  Spix,  the  naturalist,  was  an  author 
in  1824.  There  are,  in  Philadelphia,  four  families  of 
Entwistle.  A  life  of  Gen.  Monk  was  published  by 
Thomas  Gumble,  D.D.  In  the  last  century,  Mr. 
Bubb  assumed  the  name  of  Doddington,  and  became 
Lord  Melcombe. 

I  Kind  in  1828,  in  England,  the  names  of  Windus, 
Gutch,  Weale,  and  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Wix  ;  and, 
in  1797,  the  names  of  Bauyl,  Entwistle,  Higgs, 
and  Yenn,  among  the  subscribers  to  Thomson's 
"  Seasons." 


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CHAPTER    XXXVI. 

CONCLUDING   REMARKS.  —  WORDS   DERIVED   FROM  NAMES. 

I  have  now  completed  my  desultory  remarks  on  the 
subject  of  surnames.  In  classifying  them,  I  have 
sometimes  regarded  their  apparent  rather  than  their 
actual  derivations  and  original  meanings.  In  some 
instances,  as  I  well  know,  my  analogies  have  been 
more  fanciful  than  real.  I  was  led  to  prepare  these 
remarks  by  an  article  in  the  "Edinburgh  Review" 
for  April,  1855  ;  and  my  attention  was  subsequently 
called  to  a  little  treatise  on  surnames,  privately  printed 
in  the  year  1856,  by  B.  Homer  Dixon,  Esq.,  which  I 
found  very  interesting  and  suggestive.  After  I  had 
completed  my  collection,  Lower's  elaborate  essay  fur- 
nished me  with  additional  illustrations.  Had  I 
seen  these  publications  at  an  earlier  period,  the  great 
extent  of  the  subject  would  have  deterred  me  alto- 
gether. 

Many  words  in  our  language  are  derived  from 
names  either  of  ancient  gods  or  heroes,  &c.  Thus 
we  have  martial  from  Mars,  the  god  of  war ;  cereal, 
from  Ceres,  the  goddess  of  fruits  ;  bacchanalian,  from 
Bacchus,  the  god  of  the  wine-cup.     An  epicure  is  a 


256        WORDS  DERIVED  FROM  NAMES. 

most  familiar  word  and  person.  Poetry  deals  in 
boreal  blasts,  ceolian  strains,  and  gentle  zephyrs.  We 
may  speak  with  propriety  of  a  village  Vulcan.  Her- 
cules may  never  have  existed ;  but  herculean,  augean, 
Sec,  are  indisputable  exponents  of  his  labors.  His- 
torical allusions  are  endless.  We  speak  of  Van- 
dalism, of  a  modern  Brutus,  of  the  Nestor  of  an 
assembly,  of  a  Xantippe,  of  a  Platonic  attachment, 
of  a  Ciceronian  style,  of  a  Shakespearian  or  Spen- 
serian stanza,  of  the  Byronic  school  of  poetry,  of  an 
Augustan  age  of  literature,  a  Machiavellian  policy,  a 
Jeremiad,  &c.  We  have  also  the  adjective  Elizabethan. 
We  have  Calvinism,  Arianism,  and  Mesmerism. 
Pasquinade  is  derived  from  Pasquino,  a  Roman  cob- 
bler. Munchausen  will  always  be  the  type  of  lying 
travellers.  Ferdinand  Mendez  Pinto  begins  to  have  a 
better  reputation  for  veracity  than  he  had  in  Shake- 
speare's day.  Patronage  will  always  have  its  repre- 
sentative in  Maecenas,  and  Croesus  will  never  be 
displaced  by  any  modern  Rothschild.  Sometimes  the 
name  is  preserved,  but  with  a  bad  sense  affixed  to  it ; 
thus  working  positive,  and  not  merely  negative, 
injustice.  For  instance,  Hector,  Hectoring,  are  terms 
equivalent  to  bully,  blustering.  Indeed,  the  very  god- 
dess of  grace  and  beauty  herself  has  but  given  a  name 
to  the  most  loathsome  of  diseases.  Gibberish  is  said, 
by  the  Reviewer  to  whom  I  have  referred,  to  be 
derived  from  Geber,  the  alchemist.  Earl  Spencer  and 
Lord  Raglan  will  each  be  remembered  by  an  outside 


WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES.  257 

garment;  and  Sir  William  Congreve,  by  his  rockets. 
The  names  of  other  persons  are  still  preserved  in 
popular  phrases  ;  such  as,  "  Before  I  could  say- 
Jack  Robinson ;  "  and  "  My  eye  and  Betty  Martin." 
But  who  were  they  ] 

No  men  or  women  have  more  truly  lived  than 
those  described  in  some  works  of.  fiction ;  and,  from 
some  of  these,  various  words  have  been  derived.  The 
hero  of  La  Mancha  figures  in  every  Quixotic  enter- 
prise ;  and  lawyers  and  politicians  daily  abuse  each 
other  in  a  Pickwickian  sense.  Shylock  stands  forth 
for  ever  the  embodiment  of  avarice. 

Discoverers  and  inventors  have  not  always  had 
justice  done  them  in  the  matter  of  nomenclature. 
Thus  America*  is  named  for  one  who  did  not  dis- 
cover it,  —  a  flagrant  wrong  which  poetry  in  vain 
attempts  to  address  in  "  Hail,  Columbia,  happy  land," 
&c.  A  short  name  stands  a  much  better  chance  of 
commemoration  than  a  long  one ;  and  yet  Daguerre 
is  immortalized  in  the  daguerreotype.  Dr.  Guillotin, 
acting  from  a  benevolent  purpose  of  producing  insen- 
sibility to  pain  under  peculiarly  disagreeable  circum- 
stances, will  go  down  to  posterity  as  a  monster  of 
cruelty.  Persons  rendered  insensible  by  ether,  during 
surgical  operations,  ought  to  be  spoken  of  as  Mor- 


*  This  name  has  been  lately  vindicated  quite  ingeniously  as  derived  from  the 
Italianized  form  of  the  German  "Emmerich,"  which  is  regarded  as  a  contraction  of 
the  Gothic  "  Airmanareiks ; "  and,  as  applied  to  a  country,  is  considered  as  mean- 
ing "  Most  sublime  dominion."  —  B.  Homer  Dixon. 

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258  WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES. 

tonized.  We  speak  of  Macadamized  roads;  and,  in 
this  latitude,  we  hear  of  the  Nicolson  pavement. 
Science  has  its  voltaic  battery  ;  and  the  verb  to 
galvanize  is  very  expressive,  and  entirely  legitimate 
beyond  the  limits  of  science  :  but  Fulton's  name 
will  never  supersede  the  more  significant  word 
steamer. 

Celebrated  events  of  mythology  and  history  are 
thus  perpetuated.  We  speak  familiarly  of  "  crossing 
the  Rubicon,"  of  "  an  apple  of  discord,"  of  "  Pandora's 
box,"  &c.  American  editors  thought,  till  the  fall  of 
Sebastopol,  that  the  Russian  would  prove  as  long  as 
the  Trojan  war.  Marathon  and  Thermopylae  belong 
to  the  geography  of  freedom.  The  Colossus  may  be 
a  myth ;  but  we  have  colossal.  Such  is  the  origin  of 
many  of  our  proverbial  aphorisms.  Words  are  some- 
times coined  with  a  general  signification  from  parti- 
cular striking  instances  of  the  conduct  which  they 
describe  ;  as,  nepotism.  Some  crimes  are  of  such 
atrocity,  that  the  perpetrator's  name  is  at  once  appro- 
priated to  them.  Thus,  to  murder  for  the  sake  of 
selling  the  dead  body  is  to  Burke  ;  so  the  systematic 
species  of  secret  murder,  extensively  practised  in  India, 
has  enriched  the  language  with  Thug.  The  summary 
proceedings  of  Judge  Lynch  have  also  given  us  a  new 
word.  If  we  had  not  already  the  verb  "  to  humbug," 
Barnum  would,  I  think,  stand  a  very  fair  chance  of 
verbal  immortality. 

Squatter   has,   with    us,    its    appropriate    significa- 


WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES.  259 

tion  of  a  possessor  or  actual  occupant  of  lands 
without  title.  The  subject  of  squatter  sovereignty, 
indeed,  just  now  bids  fair  to  be  one  of  fearful  national 
importance.  Pecuniary  defaulters  are  so  numerous 
that  no  one  has  yet  given  his  own  name  to  the  pro- 
cess. Even  the  verb  to  Swartwout  or  Schuylerize  has 
not  yet  forced  its  way  into  our  language.  The  pub- 
lic is  better  pleased  with  the  more  general  term,  "  to 
absquatulate."  This  expression,  by  its  elegance, 
reminds  one  of  the  popular  names  of  localities. 
Jeffrey  spent  his  summer  months  at  Stuckgown.  In 
Danvers,  Mass.,  is,  or  was,  a  spot  known  as  "  The 
Devil's  Dishful."  The  town  of  "  Backbone  "  is  found 
in  Arkansas  ;  "  Bad  Axe,"  in  Wisconsin ;  "  Why 
Not,"  in  Mississippi."  The  Post-office  Directory  con- 
tains the  towns  of  "  Bad  Track  "  and  "  Broken  Road," 
"  Blue-Black  "  and  «  Yellow-Red,"  «  Coffin-Grove  " 
and  "  Dead-Man's  Hollow,"  &c. ;  and,  among  the 
recent  mining  nomenclature  of  California,  I  find 
"  Rot-Gut,"  "  Hen-Peck  City,"  "  Louse  Village," 
"  Ragtown,"  "  Shirt-tail  Bend,"  "  Hell's  Delight,"  &c. 
To  Scotch  ears,  "  Bannockburn  "  has  glorious  associa- 
tions ;  and  the  "  Brandy  wine  "  is  not  the  least  of  our 
rivers.  We  have  had  also  our  battle  of  the  "  Cow- 
pens." 

Politics  give  a  temporary  significance  to  the  most 
absurd  and  grotesque  party  designations,  —  "Silver 
Greys,"  "  Hard  .Shells,"  "Softs,"  "Old  Hunkers," 
"  Locos,"  "  Know   Nothings,"    &c.      How   instantly 


260  WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES. 

do  the  public  take  any  allusion  to  Gov.  Marcy's 
"  pantaloons,"  or  to  Scott's  "  hasty  plate  of  soup  "  ! 
The  simple  words,  "  so  much  noise  and  confu- 
sion," have  a  marked  significance  as  applied  to 
political  epistles.  "  The  Law-and-Order  Party  " 
is  but  another  name  for  Missouri  Border  Ruf- 
fians. 

Science  and  art,  in  all  their  various  branches  and 
departments,  are  constantly  creating  new  words. 
Prof.  Treadwell,  in  a  recent  admirable  pamphlet, 
suggests  the  reflection  how  impossible  it  would  now 
be  to  write  in  the  language  of  Cicero  the  most  ele- 
mentary treatise  on  mechanics  or  geology.  While 
on  the  one  hand,  therefore,  the  names  of  persons  may 
often  possess  much  value  and  importance  as  indicat- 
ing the  origin  of  the  various  families,  and  thus  of  the 
nation  which  they  together  compose ;  on  the  other 
hand,  the  words  in  use  in  any  language  throw  great 
light  on  the  national  character,  indicating,  in  an 
unerring  manner,  its  social  peculiarities,  its  degree 
of  advancement  in  knowledge,  virtue,  and  refine- 
ment ;  besides  often  indicating  its  remote  origin,  and 
affording  a  means  of  approximately  estimating  the 
proportions  in  which  its  heterogeneous  elements 
have  at  last  become  mingled  together  and  consoli- 
dated. 

The  seemingly  barren  field  of  philology  has  been 
traversed  by  many  an  enthusiastic  inquirer  after 
truth,  whose  researches  have  enriched  the  literature 


WORDS    DERIVED    FROM    NAMES.  261 

of  Europe  and  America.  And  the  few  additional 
materials  now  faithfully  collected  may  perhaps,  in 
a  slight  degree,  facilitate  future  investigations  in  a 
corresponding  department  of  knowledge. 


NOTES. 


Pagk. 

9.     For  "  Dr.  Dox  "  read  "  Mr.  Dox." 

10.  For  «  Bal  "  read  "  Bab."  Add  to  the  New- York  names  of 
three  letters,  Fei,  Fey,  Fix,  Fok,  Fos,  Fux,  Han,  Hau, 
Hix,  Hof,  Hon,  Hor,  Hou,  Hoy. 

15.  The  authors  of  "The  Anatomist's  Hymn"  and  of  "Thana- 

topsis  "  cannot,  with  propriety,  be  ranked  below  a  writer 
of  even  the  exquisite  taste  of  Longfellow.  Perhaps, 
indeed,  it  would  have  been  safer  for  me  to  have  men- 
tioned all  the  poets  alphabetically. 

16.  For  "Clavars"  read  "Clavara;"  for"STiDMAN"  read 

"  Stidmon  ; "  and  add  to  the  specimens  of  Christian  names 
there  given  the  following :  Peleg,  Murch,  Omen,  Ded- 
rum,  Dimis,  Delight,  Eigena,  Florilla,  Rosetta, 
Julel. 
Debonair  Farrar  died  in  Boston,  March  14, 1858 ;  and  Mrs. 
Duty  Phettyplace,  in  Woonsocket,  R.I.,  in  May,  1858. 
One  of  our  citizens  has  the  Christian  name  of  True  worthy 
Muchmore  ;  and  Zealous  Bates,  Esq.,  lives  at  Cohasset 
(1858).  The  late  report  of  the  English  Registrar- General 
gives  us  the  name  of  Mr.  Eli  Lama  Sabachthani 
Pressnail. 

18.  |  Mr.  Rodolphus   Spalding  will  doubtless  be  satisfied  with 

19.  )        being  once  named. 

20.  We  have  Mr.  Septimus  Norris. 


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NOTES. 


Page. 

24.     For  "  Lockport,  C.W.,"  read  "  Lockton,  C.W."     For  "  Chan- 

dos's  "  read  "  Chauchard's." 
39.     The  classic  name  of  Remus  is  found  in  the  Buffalo  Directory 

for   1855  ;    and   William   Tell   lives   at  Peoria,  111. 

(1858). 
44.     Mr.  Prrsch  is  in  the  Directory  of  Peoria,  111.  (1858). 
48.     Mr.  Martyr  subscribed  for  Wild's  Dramas  (1805). 
56.     For  "  Austis  "  read  "  Anstiss." 
60.     Mr.  Stray  lives  at  Hartford,  Conn. 
66.     Mr.  Hopewell's  house,  in  Catland,  Ind.,  was  burnt  in  May, 

1858. 
72.     Mary  Clacker  was  before  our  courts  (May  6,  1858). 
81.     Mr.  Thynne  and  Mr.  Smallbone  live  in  London  (1858). 

One   of  the   most  striking  monuments  in   Westminster 

Abbey  is  that  of  a  Mr.  Thynne,  who  was  distinguished 

for  his  wealth  and  his  —  assassination. 

87.  Our  Mr.  Hemmer  made  a  deed  (L.  728,  f.  283)  :  he  should 

be  added  to  Sniffen,  Hawkins,  &c. 

88.  Miss  Ellen  Backoff  consented  to  be  married  in  Boston, 

May  2,  1858. 
92.     Our  Mr.  Children  made  a  deed  (L.  651,  f.  173). 

108.     There  is  a  Kitten  in  the  Boston  Directory,  whom  (which  f) 
I  had  overlooked. 

116.     I  owe  Mr.  Featherhoff  an  apology  for  mentioning  his 
failure  twice. 

141.     For  "  Backall  "  read  '^Bacall  "  (*.  e.,  "  bake  all "). 

150.  A  young  friend  writes  me,  May  3,  1858  :  "The  fires  of  dis- 
sension and  enmity  in  the  Smoke  family  appear  to  have 
broken  out  last  year  in  an  action  of  trespass  to  try  title 
brought  by  Andrew  Smoke  vs.  James  D.  Smoke:  Richard- 
son's S.C.  Reports,  vol.  xiv.  p.  433.  —  Yours,  &c, 
S.  M.  Quincy." 
Thus  my  present  attempt  at  authorship  may  be  said  to  end 
in  Smoke. 


NOTES.  265 

Page. 

17G.  Mr.  Batting's  factory  {not  a  cotton  factory),  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  was  burnt  in  May,  1858. 

177.     Peter  Flare  lives  in  Middletown,  Md.  (1858). 

183.  Frederick  Seaquill  was  before  our  courts,  in  the  month 
of  May,  1858. 

223.  Featherstonhaugh's  "  Canoe  Voyage,"  &c,  London,  1847, 
mentions  a  Mr.  Slit  as  having  been  long  in  the  employ 
of  the  Hudson's-Bay  Company. 

240.  For  "  Westgate  "  read  "  Westlake."  Thus  altered,  the 
name  should  have  appeared  in  p.  133;  though  the  trans- 
position would  put  Sir  Charles  Eastlake  into  very 
bad  company. 

243.     For  "  diurno,  journo,"  read  "  diurnal,  journal" 

248.  Mr.  Rist  should  precede  Mr.  Hand  (p.  50).     Mr.  Nee,  of 

page  10,  may  also  be  mentioned  here.  Mr.  Sidebother, 
of  Milwaukie,  was  a  passenger  in  a  Cunard  steamer, 
June  16,  1858. 

249.  ^  Several  names,  such  as   Stokes,  Stroble,  and  Traill, 

253.  j        though  extant,  are  nearly  extinct  in  Boston. 

254.  I  received  a  printed  sheet  entitled  "Monthly  Catalogue  of 

efficient  and  reliable  Lawyers,  for  May,  1858,"  which,  I 
am  gratified  to  observe,  is  a  very  large  one.  I  extract 
from  it  the  following  specimens  :  — 
Smoote,  o$  Magnolia,  Ark. ;  Chain,  of  Milton,  Fla. ;  Cul- 
verhouse,  of  Knoxville,  Ga. ;  Ezzard,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. ; 
Mobley,  of  Hamilton,  Ga. ;  Hardeman,  of  Clinton,  Ga. ; 
Harrow,  of  Lawrence,  111. ;  Suit,  of  Frankfort,  Ind. ; 
Fuselier,  of  St.  Martinsville,  La. ;  Reasons,  of  M'Nutt, 
Miss. ;  Walkup,  of  Wapakoneta,  Ohio  ;  Coffinberry, 
of  Findlay,  Ohio  ;  Garrott,  of  Marion,  Ala. ;  Cun- 
ning, of  Port  Washington,  Wis. ;  Pullum,  of  Pickens, 
S.C. ;  and  Deuel,  of  Stockbridge,  Wis.  Mr.  Loving,  of 
Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  seems  to  be  out  of  place  among 
these  associates. 

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NOTES. 


Page. 

254.  Boston  may  boast  of  being  the  native  place  of  one  most 
"  efficient  and  reliable  lawyer,"  —  John  Singleton 
Copley  (Lord  Lyndhurst),  —  now  eighty-six  years  old, 
late  Lord  Chancellor  of  England.  A  few  months  since, 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society.  Our  venerable  associate,  Mr.  Quincy,  men- 
tioned, on  this  occasion,  a  family  tradition,  that  the  same 
nurse  successively  attended  upon  the  mothers  of  Lord 
Lyndhurst  and  himself,  who  were  confined  about  the  same 
time.  Her  touch  seems  to  have  imparted  to  both  infants 
an  almost  unprecedented  degree  of  mental  and  physical 
vigor.  Since  Romulus  and  Remus,  indeed,  there  has 
probably  never  been  a  more  remarkable  pair  of  nurs- 
lings. 
39.     For  "Oriqois"  read  "Iroquois." 


During  the  interval  required  for  preparing  the  Alphabetical 
Index,  the  following  names  have  come  under  my  notice :  — 

Cyprian,  notwithstanding  its  objectionable  meaning,  has  been 
often  used  as  a  Christian  name :  as  Cyprian  Southack,  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years  ago  ;  Cyprian  Hall,  1857,  L.  718,  f.  115. 

The  estate  of  Mr.  Amos  Pot  ami  a,  of  Reading,  was  lately 
administered  upon.  Mr.  Blackmoore  is  the  translator  of  a 
"  History  of  the  Russian  Church."  Capt.  Trueblood,  of  the 
schooner  "  D.  V.  Sessums,"  from  Baltimore  to  North  Carolina,  was 
wrecked  May  18,  1858.  In  the  recent  wholesale  railroad  bribery 
of  the  Legislature  of  Wisconsin,  Mr.  Whipperman,  a  member  of 
the  Assembly,  is  stated  to  have  received,  as  his  share,  bonds  for 
five  thousand  dollars.  Perhaps  he  was  the  whipper-in  of  his  asso- 
ciates. In  1  Duer's  Rep.  354  (New  York),  is  reported  the  case  of 
"  Fatman  vs.  Loback."  Rev.  C.  P.  Goliohtly  (England) 
has    recently  made    charges    against   the    Cuddesdon    Theological 


NOTES.  267 

College.  The  Kit-Cat  Club  was  so  called  from  its  first  meetings 
being  held  at  the  shop  of  a  pastry-cook  named  Christopher  Cat, 
in  Shire  Lane,  who  was  celebrated  for  his  meat-pies.  A  Miss 
Bradfield  (i.e.,  Broadfield)  was  in  our  hospital  in  May,  1858. 

In  1855,  certain  loan-fund  associations  were  established  by  law ; 
and  their  organizations,  with  lists  of  the  shareholders,  are  recorded. 
Thus  I  find  in  L.  667,  f.  170,  Messrs.  Dea  and  Gladson ;  in 
L.  667,  f.  267,  Courier,  Worth,  Anger,  Bibber,  Oxford, 
Wrymill,  and  Macbeth  ;  in  L.  667,  f.  297,  Chater,  Hight, 
and  Haggart  ;  in  L.  667,  f.  58,  Holeman  ;  in  L.  673,  f.  157, 
Freeze  and  Surges  ;  in  L.  674,  f.  192,  Single  and  Proud- 
foot  ;  in  L.  676,  f.  129,  Large  and  Eiggers  ;  in  L.  679,  f.  177, 
Hero;  in  L.  682,  f.  72,  Readhead  and  Kux ;  in  L.  683,  f.  149, 
Butterworth  ;  in  L.  684,  f.  66,  Butt  and  Gall  ;  in  L.  687, 
f.  268,  Basin  and  Fulsom  ;  also  Samuel  Weller,  of  Taunton, 
Mass.  Further  researches  may  perhaps  enable  me  to  add  Mr. 
Pickwick  to  my  names  connected  with  Lamps,  &c.  In  one 
of  these  instruments,  recorded  in  L.  677,  f.  203, 1  find  Michael 
Spine,  of  Roxbury,  and  the  following  residents  of  Boston ;  viz., 
William  Kidney  and  William  Brane,  John  Biggin  and 
John  Broom,  Anna  Munch  and  Lawrence  Inkhorn  !  It  is 
by  no  means  an  act  of  surplusage  to  state  that  Patrick  Surpluss 
is  party  to  a  deed  in  Norfolk  County. 


INDEX. 


ire  a  surname  occurs  more  than  once  in  the  Same  page,  the  number  of  the  page  id  repeated. 


Christian  Names.  —  Pp.  11,  12-20,  30,  37,  38,  42,  48,  55,  101, 
150,  185,  207,  245,  263,  264,  266. 


Surnames. 


Aaron,  235. 
Aaronson,  238. 
Abbey,  168. 
Abbot,  199. 
Abdy,  252. 
Abe,  10. 
Abel,  235. 
Abendbrod,  157. 
Able,  60,  61. 
About,  232. 
Abraham,  239. 
Abt,  10. 
Aby,  9. 
Ach,  10. 
Achates,  100. 
Ache,  226. 
Achey,  226. 
Achorn,  238. 
Achuff,  234. 
Acie,  96. 
Ackerman,  202. 
Acor,  132. 
Acorn,  138. 
Acres,  127. 


Ada,  56. 
Adam,  235. 
Adams,  15,  236. 
Adcock,  114. 
Adderly,  125,  125. 
Adee,  234. 
Adelman,  201. 
Ades,  246. 
Adle,  58. 
Adorno,  25. 
Adt,  10. 
Adwers,  246. 
Aery,  79,  252. 
Aey,  10. 
Affection,  92. 
Agate,  100. 
Agen,  64. 
Ager,  127. 
Ages,  93. 
Agin,  64. 
Ague,  225. 
Ahem,  234. 
Ahl,  10. 
Ahlert,  75. 


270 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Ahm,  10. 
Ahn,  10. 
Ahoa,  234. 
Aiken,  225. 
Aikman,  225,  225. 
Ailman,  225. 
Aires,  149. 
Airey,  80. 
Airth,  131. 
Airy,  80. 
Aish,  252. 
Ake,  226. 
Akeley,  252. 
Akens,  226. 
Akenside,  225. 
Aker,  130,  226. 
Akey,  226. 
Akin,  92,  226. 
Akyng,  225. 
Alabaster,  165. 
Albert,  235. 
Albertson,  238. 
Alcock,  114. 
Alcorn,  144,  145,  246. 
Alder,  137. 
Alderchurch,  136. 
Alderman,  200,  200. 
Ale,  230. 
Ales,  22. 
Alesworth,  22. 
Alfoot,  51. 
Alfred,  235. 
Algier,  95. 
Alice,  56. 
Alker,  246. 
Allam,  252. 
Allardice,  252. 
Allbones,  88. 
Allbut,  243. 
Allchin,  52,  86. 


Allchorous,  252.    - 
Allcock,  114. 
Allcorn,  145. 
Allds,  252. 
Allely,  229. 
Allen,  47. 
Alletzhausseir,  11. 
Alley,  178. 
Allgier,  95. 
Allice,  54. 
Allies,  99. 
Allis,  54. 
Allistre,  252. 
Ailman,  60. 
Allmond,  138. 
Alloway,  232. 
Allpin,  83,  104. 
Allport,  229. 
Allwood,  60. 
Almond,  137,  138. 
Aloe,  67. 
Alonzo,  235. 
Alp,  96. 
Alsop,  207. 
Alt,  10. 
Altemus,  251. 
Alter,  57. 
Altvater,  94. 
Alum,  209. 
Alvonere,  246. 
Alway,  232,  232. 
Always,  232. 
Alwell,  227. 
Alwin,  59. 
Amazella,  56. 
Amber,  207. 
Ambers,  207. 
Ambleman,  77. 
Ambler,  75. 
Ambrose,  235. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


271 


Ambush,  218. 
Amend,  44. 
Americus,  257. 
Amerige,  95. 
Amerigo,  95. 
Ames,  217,  218. 
Amm,  10. 
Ammidown,  224. 
Amoreaux,  6. 
Amory,  6. 
Amos,  235. 
Amour,  6. 
Ampleman,  80. 
Amsterdam,  97. 
Anazin,  246. 
Anchor,  197. 
Ancker,  197. 
Ancor,  197. 
And,  232. 
Andem,  252. 
Andon,  252. 
Andre,  28. 
Andrew,  235. 
Andrews,  237. 
Ang,  10. 
Angel,  48. 
Anger,  67,  67,  267. 
Angerman,  67. 
Angers,  67. 
Angleman,  182. 
Angles,  182. 
Anglin,  182. 
Anguerra,  246. 
Anguish,  69,  69. 
Angus,  235. 
Anketell,  254. 
Annan,  252. 
Annaple,  246. 
Anne,  56. 
Annis,  54. 


Anser,  46. 

Anstiss,  56. 

Antcliff,  124. 

Ante,  156. 

Antler,  122. 

Antonio,  235. 

Apostles,  48. 

App,  10. 

Appell,  141. 

Apple,  141,  142,  142,  142. 

Applebaum,  141. 

Applebee,  124. 

Appleby,  142. 

Appledom,  142. 

Applegate,  141,  142. 

Appleton,  141,  239. 

Appleyard,  142. 

Appollonio,  246. 

April,  155. 

Aquaviva,  133. 

Ar,  7. 

Arbogast,  246. 

Arbour,  137. 

Arbuckles,  246. 

Arch,  84,  174. 

Archbald,  235. 

Archdale,  127. 

Archdeacon,  199,  200. 

Archer,  218. 

Archibald,  235. 

Arculus,  218. 

Ard,  10. 

Arey,  246. 

Argue,  187,  187. 

Arkwright,  203. 

Arl,  10,  10. 

Armgold,  191. 

Armor,  218. 

Armour,  218. 

Armorer,  220. 


272 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Armory,  221. 
Armstrong,  50,  79. 
Arms,  50,  218. 
Arm  10. 
Arnold,  28. 
Arrand,  250. 
Arrandts,  251. 
Arrisall,  246. 
Arrow,  220. 
Arrowsmith,  221. 
Arsenault,  250. 
Art,  205. 
Artery,  123. 
Arthur,  235. 
Artist,  205. 
Asag,  246. 
Asay,  36. 
Ase,  10. 

Ash,  8,  136,  137. 
Ashbash,  138. 
Ashbridge,  138. 
Ashbrook,  138. 
Ashburn,  138. 
Ashcraft,  138. 
Ashcroft,  136. 
Ashe,  136. 
Asher,  235. 
Ashhurst,  239. 
Ashley,  136. 
Ashmead,  128. 
Ashmeed,  138. 
Ashmole,  110. 
Ashplant,  137. 
Askew,  86. 
Askey,  72. 
Askin,  232. 
Askins,  73,  232. 
Aspen,  138. 
Aspenwall,  136. 
Aspin,  137. 


Ass,  110. 
Assman,  110. 
Ast,  10. 
Atack,  220. 
Atkiss,  91. 
Atroplich,  246. 
Atta,  246. 
Atwater,  240. 
Atwood,  239. 
Atz,  10,  10. 
Aii,  8. 
Aub,  10. 
Auchinleck,  243. 
Aug,  10. 
Augh,  234. 
Aught,  42. 
Augur,  23,  180. 
Augurs,  23. 
August,  155,  155,  155. 
Augusta,  54. 
Augustus,  155,  155,  235. 
Aul,  10. 
Auld,  246. 
Aull,  180. 
Aur,  10. 
Ausley,  252. 
Autram,  252. 
Auty,  246. 
Averill,  246. 
Aves,  252. 
Avis,  113,  252. 
Awe,  71. 
Awkward,  88. 
Awl,  179,  180. 
Axe,  180,  211. 
Axel,  207.  ' 
Axey,  179. 
Axman,  179. 
Axt,  10,  73. 
.  Axtall,  246. 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


273 


Ayer,  147. 
Ayling,  225. 
Aylwin,  59. 
Azarian,  246. 


Baa,  111. 

Bab,  10. 

Babb,  246. 

Babbidge,  239. 

Babbs,  246. 

Babcock,  104. 

Babe,  94. 

Babel,  162. 

Babell,  162. 

Babey,  94. 

Bable,  73. 

Babler,  73. 

Babo,  246. 

Babson,  237. 

Baby,  94. 

Bacall,  264. 

Back,  51,  52,  52,  53,  53. 

Backall,  141. 

Backen,  222. 

Backer,  222,  222,  223. 

Backhouse,  169,  170. 

Backman,  75. 

Backoff,  264. 

Backster,  205. 

Backup,  66. 

Backus,  47. 

Backwell,  85. 

Bacon,  7,  241. 

Bad,  73. 

Badarague,  225. 

Badcock,  114. 

Badger,  107. 

Badlam,  lot 

Badman,  73. 

Baetge,  246. 


Bag,  27. 

Bagg,  27. 

Bagge,  27. 

Baggerly,  27. 

Baggs,  27. 

Bagless,  105. 

Bagwell,  193. 

Bagworth,  27. 

Bail,  214. 

Bailieff,  187. 

Bailiff,  188. 

Bain,  225. 

Bairnsfather,  92. 

Bake,  202. 

Bakeman,  204. 

Bakeoven,  151. 

Baker,  202. 

Bakes,  204. 

Bakewell,  202,  204. 

Bakey,  204. 

Bald,  85,  85,  85,  85,  88. 

Baldhead,  88. 

Bale,  197,  198. 

Balem,  214. 

Baler,  163. 

Bales,  198. 

Balkwill,  68. 

Ball,  19,32,  216. 

Ballasty,  198. 

Bailer,  163. 

Balling,  163. 

Balls,  163,216. 

Balsam,  209. 

Baltic,  96. 

Bampfylde,  19. 

Bancroft,  239. 

Band,  102. 

Bane,  225. 

Banes,  225. 

Bang,  218. 


3.5 


274 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Banger,  223. 
Banghart,  223. 
Bangs,  218. 
Banish,  24. 
Banister,  171. 
Bank,  190. 
Banker,  202. 
Bankhead,  134. 
Banks,  133. 
Banner,  219. 
Bannerman,  220. 
Banquo,  25. 
Bapst,  24,  171. 
Baptist,  149. 
Bar,  133. 
Baralet,  252. 
Barbadoes,  95. 
Barbauld,  84. 
Barber,  202. 
Barberry,  145,  145. 
Barcave,  246. 
Barclay,  128. 
Bard,  184. 
Bardwell,  183,  184. 
Bare,  81,  192. 
Barefoot,  105. 
Bareham,  106. 
Barfoot,  105. 
Barge,  196,  197,  197. 
Barger,  252. 
Bargy,  198. 
Barkdale,  128. 
Barker,  108,  202. 
Barkey,  163. 
Barley,  145. 
Barly,  144. 
Barmore,  230. 
Barn,  169,  170. 
Barnaby,  285. 
Barnard,  252. 


Barndollar,  190. 
Barnes,  27,  169. 
Barneveldt,  241. 
Barnfather,  92. 
Barnfield,  128,  128,  241. 
Barnight,  229. 
Barnside,  169. 
Barnum,  259. 
Barnwell,  169. 
Baron,  198. 
Barr,  171,  207. 
Barrable,  185. 
Barratt,  64. 
Barrell,  159. 
Barringdollar,  191. 
Barron,  198. 
Barrow,  179,  180. 
Barrows,  179,  207. 
Barrus,  246. 
Barsenter,  246. 
Barta,  246. 
Bartemas,  235. 
Barter,  197. 
Barters,  197. 
Bartholomew,  235. 
Bartol,  246. 
Bar  wig,  104. 
Base,  73,  73,  182. 
Basin,  180,  267. 
Bask,  103. 
Basket,  209,  211. 
Basketter,  205. 
Bason,  179. 
Bass,  119. 
Bassett,  81,  214. 
Basta,  246. 
Bastar,  252. 
Bastard,  92,  92,  9$. 
Batch,  99. 
Batchelor,  90. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


275 


Bate,  119. 
Bateman,  119. 
Bates,  96,  119,  263. 
Bath,  147. 
Bathcake,  208. 
Bathgate,  173. 
Batman,  115. 
Batt,  32,  115. 
Battelle,  218. 
Batter,  218. 
Batterman,  218. 
Battery,  218. 
Batting,  265. 
Battle,  218. 
Battles,  218. 
Baty,  246. 
Baumgarten,  131. 
Bauyl,  254. 
Baxter,  202. 
Baxtux,  246. 
Bay,  134. 
Bayfield,  128. 
Bayley,  239. 
Bayne,  225. 
Bea,  124. 
Beach,  133. 
Beachey,  138. 
Beachman,  205. 
Beackman,  116. 
Beacon,  197. 
Beadle,  186,  200. 
Beadley,  102.     . 
Beadleston,  200. 
Beagle,  251. 
Beak,  116. 
Beam,  172,  173. 
Beames,  171. 
Beams,  173. 
Bean,  13,  27,  144. 
Beans,  144. 


Beany,  145. 
Bear,  107. 
Bearbenn,  252. 
Beard,  50. 
Beardmore,  50. 
Beardsworth,  52. 
Beare,  107. 
Bease,  124. 
Beasom,  176. 
Beastall,  108. 
Beat,  222. 
Beatley,  142. 
Beatson,  145. 
Beau,  38. 
Beaux,  99. 
Beaver,  110. 
Bebee,  124? 
Beck,  133. 
Beckey,  54. 
Beckford,  133,  239. 
Bedbug,  125. 
Beddome,  176. 
Bedel,  246. 
Bedgood,  176. 
Bedle,  201. 
Bedlock,  174. 
Bedloe,  176. 
Bee,  124,  124. 
Beebe,  124. 
Beech,  136. 
Beechey,  136. 
Beeching,  136. 
Beede,  37,  102. 
Beedy,  102. 
Beek,  123. 
Beeke,  123. 
Beeker,  231. 
Beeman,  124. 
Been,  144. 
Beens,  144. 


276 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Beeny,  145. 

Beer,  229,  230,  230. 

Beers,  21. 

Beest,  107. 

Beet,  145. 

Beete,  145. 

Beetle,  27. 

Beetson,  145. 

Beety,  145. 

Beeves,  110. 

Begg,  196. 

Beggins,  192. 

Beggs,  192,  196. 

Begin,  65. 

Beguin,  241. 

Bek,  10. 

Belch,  21. 

Belcher,  21. 

Belitho,  252. 

Belknap,  239. 

Bell,  27,  179. 

Bellchambers,  172. 

Belleau,  149. 

Bellhouse,  170. 

Bellman,  204,  204. 

Bellot,  163. 

Bellow,  162,  163. 

Bellows,  149,  152,  242. 

Bellringer,  203. 

Belly,  51,  51. 

Belt,  102. 

Belyea,  246. 

Belyed,  61. 

Bern,  10. 

Ben,  235. 

Bench,  25,  176. 

Bender,  28,  83. 

Bends,  86. 

Benedict,  90. 

Benigne,  67. 


Benison,  233,  237. 

Benito,  241. 

Benjamin,  235,  236. 

Benn,  235. 

Bennelick,  246. 

Bennett,  239. 

Bennie,  236. 

Benny,  236. 

Benson,  237. 

Bent,  83,  85. 

Bentley,  128. ' 

Benyon,  28. 

Ber,  10. 

Bere,  21. 

Berg,  127. 

Berlin,  98. 

Bermingham,  97. 

Bernard,  252. 

Berrell,  100,  100. 

Berrier,  141. 

Berriman,  141. 

Berry,  140. 

Berryman,  140,  141,  144. 

Berry  street,  178. 

Berstck,  44. 

Bertsch,  44,  138. 

Besent,  246. 

Besom,  176. 

Bess,  55. 

Bessee,  55. 

Bessie,  54. 

Best,  57,  215. 

Betanque,  252. 

Bethell,  170. 

Betsworth,  215. 

Bett,  214. 

Bette,  62. 

Better,  57,  214,  215. 

Betterman,  57. 

Betterton,  216. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


277 


Bettie,  63. 
Betton,  214. 
Betts,  214,  215. 
Betty,  55,  63. 
Bettyeman,  63. 
Bettys,  56. 
Bever,  110. 
Beveredge,  231. 
Beveridge,  229,  231. 
Beverly,  97. 
Beverstock,  107. 
Bevil,  182. 
Bew,  9,  10. 
Bewick,  177. 
Bex,  8. 
Bey,  8. 
Bias,  93. 
Bibb,  94. 

Bibber,  21,  22,  267. 
Bibbins,  228. 
Bibbler,  230. 
Bibby,  93. 
Bibi,  234. 
Bible,  24. 
Bich,  110. 
Bicker,  71,  222. 
Bickers,  66,  222. 
Bickerstaff,  141,  222. 
Bickford,  239. 
Biddam,  234. 
Biddenclipper,  11. 
Bidder,  216. 
Bidgood,  214. 
Bidlow,  214. 
Bidwell,  214,  214,  216. 
Bienvenu,  66. 
Bietz,  144. 
Bigg,  26,  79,  80. 
Biggar,  80. 
Bigger,  80,  80. 


Biggerstaft',  141. 

Biggin,  179,  180,  267. 

Biggs,  252. 

Bigham,  88. 

Bigland,  194. 

Biglow,  239. 

Bigman,  79. 

Bigod,  233. 

Bigonet,  220. 

Bigot,  24,  24. 

Bigwood,  127,  136. 

Bik,  10. 

Bilboe,  188. 

Bilger,  198. 

Bill,  31,  190,  252. 

Billing,  90. 

Billings,  90. 

Billman,  218. 

Billow,  134. 

Bills,  218. 

Billy,  55. 

Bilson,  237. 

Bilye,  225. 

Binder,  202. 

Bindless,  50. 

Bindloose,  29. 

Binney,  179. 

Binns,  179,  179. 

Binnse,  246. 

Biot,  4. 

Birch,  28,  136,  137,  138. 

Birchmore,  136. 

Bird,  113. 

Birdsall,  113. 

Birdsell,  118. 

Birdseye,  121. 

Birmingham,  87. 

Birner,  149. 

Birnstill,  149. 

Births,  5. 


278 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Bis,  29. 
Bishop,  199. 

Bishoprick,  199. 

Bishpan,  246. 

Biss,  29,  29,  158. 

Bissey,  205. 

Bitch,  110. 

Biteman,  67. 

Bitter,  67. 

Bitterman,  74. 

Bitters,  227. 

Bitting,  213. 

Bittle,  246. 

Black,  165. 

Blackadder,  125,  125. 

Blackadore,  252. 

Blackbird,  113,  118. 

Blackburn,  239. 

Blackden,  166. 

Blackee,  167. 

Blacker,  166. 

Blackford,  133,  134. 

Blackhall,  166,  172. 
Blackie,  167,  167. 
Blackitt,  165. 
Blacklaw,  189. 
Blackleach,  125,  252. 
Blacklock,  86,  94. 
Blackman,  166. 
Blackmer,  166. 
Blackmonster,  73. 
Blackmoore,  266. 
Blackmore,  166,  167. 
Blacksmith,  204. 
Blackstock,  102,  166. 
Blackstone,  166,  189,  239. 
Blackwall,  172. 
Blackwood,  136,  137. 
Blade,  220,  220. 
Blades,  221. 


Blague,  243. 

Blain,  246. 

Blake,  243. 

Blarney,  66,  71. 

Blanchpied,  243. 

Bland,  66,  69. 

Blank,  42. 

Blankett,  177. 

Blankman,  42. 

Blantaine,  252. 

Blase,  150,  151. 

Blazo,  150. 

Bleacher,  205. 

Bleak,  148. 

Bleakhorn,  148. 

Blea'kley,  147,  148. 

Blear,  85. 

Blease,  246. 

Bledsoe,  220. 

Bleeker,  147. 

Bleight,  34. 

Bless,  233. 

Blessing,  233,  233. 

Blest,  233. 

Blew,  148,  165. 

Blewey,  165. 

Bli,  10. 

Bligh,  34,  34. 

Blind,  85. 

Blinko,  252. 

Blinn,  246. 

Blish,  266. 

Blithe,  65. 

Blitz,  147. 

Block,  169,  169. 

Blonde,  85. 

Blood,  7,  218. 

Bloodgood,  79,  227,  227. 

Bloom,  85,  140. 

Bloombaum,  137. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


279 


Bloomer,  54,  85,  85. 

Bloomfield,  128,  128,  140. 

Bloomingdale,  129. 

Blooms,  140. 

Bloomy,  39. 

Bios,  246. 

Blossom,  140,  140. 

Blott,  25. 

Blow,  148,  149. 

Blower,  79. 

Blowers,  79. 

Blue,  165. 

Blumenbach,  143. 

Blumpey,  243. 

Blunder,  45. 

Blunt,  66. 

Blush,  70. 

Blute,  246. 

Bly,  8,  65. 

Boal,  180. 

Board,  173. 

Boardman,  202. 

Boarman,  107. 

Boate,  197,  198. 

Boatman,  197,  198. 

Boats,  197. 

Boaze,  54. 

Bobson,  237. 

Booking,  176. 

Bockius,  251. 

Bocock,  115. 

Boddy,  52,  53. 

Boddye,  52. 

Bodfish,  119. 

Bodkin,  25. 

Body,  52,  52. 

Boe,  10. 

Bogel,  48. 

Bogen,  219. 

Bogg,  128. 


Boggs,  128. 
Boggust,  252. 
Bogly,  130. 
Bogman,  128. 
Bogy,  37. 
Boh,  10. 
Bohemion,  95. 
Bohrer,  62. 
Boies,  50. 
Boil,  150. 
Boileau,  37. 
Boiler,  150. 
Boils,  226. 
Boit,  246. 
Bok,  10. 
Bold,  60,  63. 
Bolde,  63. 
Bole,  181. 
Boleg,  83. 
Boles,  179. 
Bolles,  179. 
Bolster,  32,  176. 
Bolt,  172. 
Bolter,  32. 
Boltins,  207. 
Bom,  10. 
Bonaparte,  20. 
Bonbright,  84. 
Bond,  50. 

Bone,  52,  81,  105,  122. 
Bones,  53,  105. 
Bonesteel,  104,  105. 
Boney,  79,  81,  85. 
Bongarten,  128,  252. 
Bonheur,  58. 
Boniface,  25,  86. 
Bonnemot,  58. 
Bonnet,  104. 
Bonnett,  104. 
Bonney,  83. 


280 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Bonnier,  85. 
Bonny,  85. 
Bonnycastle,  168. 
Boody,  246. 
Book,  185,  185. 
Booker,  185. 
Bookman,  185,  185. 
Bookstore,  170,  186. 
Boom,  164,  198. 
Boomep,  218. 
Boon,  196. 
Boone,  196. 
Boor,  85. 
Boorman,  85. 
Boos,  252. 
Boosey,  229. 
Boot,  104. 
Booth,  169. 
Boott,  32. 
Bootman,  202. 
Booz,  229. 
Booze,  229. 
Boozer,  229. 
Bordman,  202. 
Bordridge,  172. 
Boreman,  60,  108. 
Borland,  127. 
Born,  94. 
Borrow,  192. 
Borrowman,  205. 
Borrows,  192. 
Borrowscale,  121. 
Bors,  246. 
Bos,  10,  10,  110. 
Bosch,  233. 
Bosh,  234. 
Bosom,  50. 
Bosquet,  143. 
Boss,  25. 
Bossey,  107. 


Bossom,  50. 

Boston,  97.  ■ 

Bosworth,  98. 

Both,  158. 

Bott,  125,  246. 

Bottcher,  84. 

Bottel,  180. 

Bottle,  209. 

Bottles,  180. 

Bottom,  37,  131. 

Bottomley,  131. 

Botts,  125. 

Botume,  246. 

Boulanger,  164. 

Boulder,  131. 

Boulds,  252. 

Bound,  160. 

Bounty,  196. 

Bouquet,  142. 

Bourne,  160. 

Bouves,  246. 

Bow,  10. 

Bowd,  83,  252. 

Bowdish,  180. 

Bowditch,  172,  180,  220,  239. 

Bowdry,  33. 

Bowe,  218. 

Bowell,  53. 

Bowels,  52. 

Bower,  127. 

Bowers,  127. 

Bowes,  218. 

Bowl,  180. 

Bowler,  216. 

Bowles,  63,  179,  216,  217. 

Bowlinwater,  32. 

Bowman,  218. 

Bowzer,  246. 

Box,  8,  179. 

Boxall,  222. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES, 


281 


Boxer,  223. 
Boy,  50. 
Boycot,  50. 
Boye,  50. 
Boyle,  150. 
Boylen,  150. 
Boys,  50,  50. 
Boyson,  90. 
Boze,  246. 
Braan,  246. 
Brace,  102. 
Bracegirdle,  102. 
Brackett,  171. 
Bradbury,  238. 
Brade,  106. 
Bradfield,  267. 
Bradford,  133,  238. 
Bradfute,  80. 
Brading,  238. 
Bradlee,  239. 
Bradley,  128. 
Bradshaw,  128,  239. 
Bradstreet,  178,  240. 
Bradvvay,  179. 
Brady,  37. 
Brager,  70. 
Bragg,  63,  70. 
Braid,  106. 
Brain,  51,  52. 
Braine,  51,  52. 
Brains,  52. 
Brake,  214. 
Brakeman,  214. 
Braker,  135. 
Bralley,  222. 
Bram,  250. 
Bramah,  37. 
Braman,  110. 
Bramble,  145,  145. 
Bran,  145,  145,  145. 


Branch,  138. 
Brand,  150,  150. 
Branda,  230. 
Brande,  150. 
Brander,  33. 
Brands,  151. 
Brane,  267. 
Brant,  116,  118. 
Brash,  34,  246. 
Brason,  187. 
Brass,  175. 
Brassbridge,  133. 
Brassgirdle,  105. 
Brassey,  166. 
Brassy,  166. 
Bratt,  92,  92. 
Braun,  123. 
Bravo,  222. 
Brawn,  122. 
Bray,  162,  163,  240. 
Bray  man,  110. 
Brazer,  202. 
Brazier,  202. 
Brazill,  96. 
Bread,  207,  208. 
Breake,  180. 
Breaker,  133. 
Breakey,  180. 
Breakwill,  28. 
Breams,  119. 
Breck,  246. 
Breckenbury,  11. 
Bredcake,  208. 
Bredin,  87. 
Bree,  246. 
Breecher,  28. 
Breed,  107. 
Breeding,  86. 
Breeol,  252. 
Breeze,  147. 


36 


282 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Breising,  252. 
Brew,  202,  204. 
Brewer,  202. 
Brewster,  202. 
Brick,  39,  175,  175,  175. 
Brickhed,  60. 
Bricklayer,  39. 
Brickley,  128. 
Brickman,  205. 
Brick  wood,  175. 
Bride,  54,  90. 
Bridecake,  208. 
Brideoak,  137. 
Bridge,  133,  178. 
Bridgit,  56. 
Bridle,  212,  212,  213. 
Brier,  139. 
Brigg,  196. 
Briggs,  196. 
Brigham,  238. 
Bright,  65. 
Brightman,  65. 
Brigman,  196. 
Brigstock,  198. 
Brim,  160. 
Brimlow,  160. 
Brimmer,  21. 
Brims,  160. 
Brindle,  109. 
Brine,  7. 
Brines,  210. 
Brink,  160,  160. 
Brinkman,  160. 
Brinley,  239. 
Briscoe,  246. 
Brisk,  71,  75. 
Brisker,  76. 
Brissel,  122. 
Bristleham,  7. 
Bristol,  98. 


Brittain,  95. 
Brittell,  190.   , 
Britton,  95. 
Broach,  34. 
Broad,  15,  79. 
Broadbeck,  239. 
Broadbelt,  102. 
Broadbent,  83. 
Broadbrooks,  244. 
Broaders,  252. 
Broadfoot,  81,  85. 
Broadhead,  79. 
Broadwater,  39,  135. 
Broadway,  178. 
Brodhag,  85. 
Brodnax,  34. 
Brogan,  102. 
Broke,  193. 
Broker,  43. 
Bromfield,  128. 
Bronte,  148. 
Brood,  116- 
Brookhouse,  168. 
Brookmire,  132. 
Brooks,  15. 
Broom,  176,  179,  267. 
Broomhall,  170. 
Brother,  90. 
Brothers,  90,  91. 
Brotherson,  90,  91. 
Brougham,  243. 
Brounbill,  113,  218. 
Brouner,  166. 
Brouning,  166. 
Brouse,  108. 
Brow,  53. 
Brown,  82,  165. 
Brownbill,  113. 
Browner,  166. 
Browning,  166. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


283 


Brownrig,  106. 
Brownrigg,  102,  106. 
Brownsmith,  204. 
Broyler,  151. 
,  Brubbs,  246. 
Bruce,  37. 
Brude,  115. 
Bruin,  107,  111. 
Brummagim,  192. 
Brunette,  84. 
Brunnon,  252. 
Brunswick,  36. 
Brunt,  218. 
Brush,  176,  179. 
Brusher,  176. 
Brussel,  97. 
Brutus,  62. 
Bry,  9,  10,  10. 
Bryant,  15. 
Bryer,  138. 
Bub,  10,  246. 
Bubb,  34,  254. 
Bubey,  60. 
Buch,  184. 
Buck,  107,  110. 
Buckett,  209. 
Buckey,  109. 
Buckford,  133. 
Buckholder,  205. 
Buckland,  129. 
Buckle,  105,  106. 
Buckleman,  107,  202. 
Buckler,  219,  220,  222. 
Buckles,  103. 
Buckman,  107. 
Buckmaster,  107,  112. 
Bud,  8,  140. 
Budd,  140. 
Budds,  141. 
Buddy,  141. 


Budge,  75,  76. 
Budget,  184. 
Buff,  165. 
Buffet,  222. 
Bugbee,  124. 
.  Bugden,  124. 
Bugg,  124. 
Buggey,  124,  212. 
Buggs,  124. 
Buggy,  124,  212. 
Bugler,  220. 
Bugless,  124. 
Builder,  39. 
Bulbeet,  144. 
Bulby,  144. 
Bulfinch,  113. 
Bulger,  79. 
Bulk,  81. 
Bulkley,  79. 
Bull,  107,  110. 
Bullard,  107. 
Bulley,  64. 
Bullman,  107. 
Bullock,  107. 
Bulmer,  252. 
Bulpit,  171. 
Bumm,  53. 
Bump,  228. 
Bumpus,  224. 
Bumside,  244. 
Bumstead,  239. 
Bun,  203. 
Bunch,  88. 
Bundy,  246. 
Bunn,  202,  208. 
Buntin,  219. 
Bunting,  113. 
Bunyan,  225. 
Buoncore,  57. 
Burch,  138. 


284 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Burchstead,  239. 

Bureau,  176,  176. 

Burg,  168. 

Burgess,  168. 

Burgthal,  30. 

Burk,  222. 

Burke,  258. 

Burley,  79. 

Burlingame,  215. 

Burn,  133,  149. 

Burnap,  152. 

Burnett,  149. 

Burnham,  149. 

Burnish,  202. 

Burns,  149. 

Burnside,  133,  244. 

Burnup,  151. 

Burr,  138,  138,  140. 

Burrliouse,  170. 

Burrough,  168. 

Burroughs,  108. 

Burrow,  111. 

Burst,  190. 

Burstall,  193. 

Burtch,  138. 

Buryhill,  5. 

Bush,  138. 

Bushell,  159,  180. 

Bushey,  139. 

Bushway,  139. 

Busk,  101. 

Buske,  101. 

Buss,  90,  213. 

Bussell,  102. 

Bussing,  91. 

Bussman,  91. 

Bustard,  116,  118. 

Bustin,  79. 

Buswell,  90. 

Butcher,  32,  202,  203,  223. 


Butt,  179,  232,  267. 
Butten,  102. 
Butter,  207,  208,  208. 
Butterfield,  128. 
Buttermore,  207. 
Butters,  207. 
Butterworth,  207,  267. 
Buttery,  171. 
Button,  102,  104. 
Buttonman,  202. 
Buttress,  169. 
Buttrey,  208. 
Buttry,  171. 
Butts,  179,  180. 
Buzzard,  113. 
Buzzell,  246. 
By,  232. 
Bye,  187. 
Byers,  26,  197. 
Bygod,  233. 
Byler,  150. 
Byles,  225. 
Byron,  137,  242. 
Bytheway,  232. 
Byus,  197,  246. 
Bywaters,  246. 

Cabb,  213. 
Cabbage,  145. 
Cable,  197. 
Caddick,  246.     - 
Caddy,  177. 
Cady,  197. 
Cade,  25. 
Cadet,  94. 
Cadmus,  37. 
Caesar,  36. 
Cage,  116. 
Caillouil,  252. 
Cain,  35. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


285 


Cairns,  168. 
Cake,  209. 
Cakebred,  208. 
Caldbeck,  135. 
Calder,  246. 
Caleb,  236. 
Calef,  107. 
Calf,  107. 
Calfe,  107. 
Calking,  197. 
Calkins,  197,  197. 
Call,  162. 
Callaway,  163. 
Callender,  154. 
Callow,  115. 
Calm,  61. 
Calnan,  246. 
Calvin,  235. 
Cam,  8,  96. 
Cambridge,  97. 
Came,  26,  246. 
Camel,  107. 
Camp,  218,  221. 
Campbell,  218. 
Can,  8,  179. 
Canada,  96. 
Canale,  98. 
Canan,  246. 
Canary,  113. 
Cande,  209. 
Candee,  209,  -209. 
Candell,  177. 
Candido,  167. 
Candidus,  59. 
Candlish,  177. 
Candor,  57. 
Candy,  209,  209. 
Cane,  35,  35. 
Caneday,  246. 
Canegally,  246. 


Caner,  32. 
Cann,  179,  181. 
Cannel,  151. 
Canney,  70. 
Cannon,  218. 
Canny,  70. 
Cant,  70. 
Canter,  212,  213. 
Canterbury,  97. 
Cantey,  66. 
Canty,  70. 
Cantwell,  70. 
Cape,  104. 
Capers,  75. 
Capes,  103. 
Capewell,  133. 
Capon,  118. 
Capp,  100. 
Cappe,  105. 
Capper,  101,  106. 
Capps,  100. 
Capron,  113. 
Capt,  199. 
Captain,  199. 
Car,  8. 
Cara,  54. 
Carabine,  218. 
Carary,  97. 
Caravan,  99. 
Card,  214,  215. 
Cardial,  .246. 
Cardinal,  199. 
Cards,  216. 
Care,  63. 
Careless,  63,  73. 
Caress,  92. 
Cargo,  198. 
Carivano,  252. 
Cark,  69. 
Carl,  235. 


286 


NDEX    OF    SURNAxMES. 


Carland,  38. 
Carlaw,  189. 
Carlish,  97. 
Carlisle,  97. 
Carman,  205,  214. 
Carnes,  246. 
Caron,  96. 
Carp,  120. 
Carpenter,  202,  203. 
Carr,  25,  214. 
Carrack,  196. 
Carret,  144. 
Carribine,  218. 
Carrick,  196. 
Carrier,  200,  202,  204. 
Carrique,  197. 
Carrol,  14. 
Carroll,  162,  163. 
Cars,  43,  214. 
Carter,  202. 
Carthouse,  168. 
Cartland,  130. 
Cartledge,  246. 
Cartlidge,  122. 
Cartman,  39. 
Cartwright,  202. 
Carty,  25,  43. 
Carver,  202. 
Carveth,  39. 
Carwithie,  252. 
Cary,  246. 
Casco,  96. 
Case,  14,  186,  188. 
Casement,  172,  173. 
Cash,  190. 
Cashdollar,  190. 
Cashman,  190. 
Cashmere,  103. 
Caske,  179. 
Caskey,  180. 


Casmay,  246. 
Casper,  235. 
Casteene,  97. 
Castell,  168. 
Caster,  204. 
Castin,  246. 
Castle,  168. 
Castles,  168. 
Castor,  180. 
Casty,  246. 
Cat,  108,  267. 
Catchpole,  187,  188. 
Cate,  54,  209. 
Cately,  209. 
Cater,  209,  229. 
Cates,  209,  246. 
Catesmole,  109. 
Catle,  107. 
Catlet,  110. 
Cato,  37. 
Cattell,  109. 
Cattermole,  109. 
Cattle,  107. 
Catts,  108. 
Catulus,  110. 
Caul,  123. 
Caulback,  246. 
Caule,  122. 
Caulk,  198. 
Caulkins,  197,  197. 
Caulter,  180. 
Caup,  246. 
Causey,  178,  178. 
Cave,  130. 
Cavendish,  28. 
Cavendy,  28. 
Caw,  163. 
Cealens,  172. 
Ceaven,  159. 
Cedarbloom,  138. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


287 


Cellar,  173. 

Celsus,  88. 

Cent,  191. 

Center,  160. 

Centlivre,  184. 

Centre,  160. 

Cerf,  50. 

Chace,  212. 

Chaddock,  142. 

Chaff,  45. 

Chain,  265. 

Chalice,  179. 

Chalk,  27. 

Chalker,  34. 
Challenger,  219,  221 
Challis,  179. 
Chaloup,  197. 
Chamber,  171. 
Chamberlain,  200. 
Chambers,  171. 
Champagne,  231. 
Champernoone,  11. 
Champion,  218,  221. 
Chance,  216. 
Chancellor,  186. 
Chandler,  202. 
Channel,  133,  135. 
Chant,  163. 
Chapeau,  98. 
Chaplain,  199. 
Chapman,  202. 
Chapp,  98. 
Chappel,  168. 
Chappell,  168. 
Chard,  143,  246. 
Charity,  196,  196. 
Charles,  96,  235. 
Charon,  96. 
Chart,  197. 
Charter,  25. 


Chase,  136,  212. 

Chasm,  131. 

Chasse,  164. 

Chasty,  58. 

Chatel,  38. 

Chater,  72,  267. 

Chatfish,  120. 

Chatman,  72,  108. 

Chattin,  72,  73. 

Chatton,  72,  73. 

Chatwell,  72. 

Chaussee,  164. 

Cheap,  198,  198. 

Cheare,  231. 

Cheater,  63. 

Check,  191. 

Cheeke,  52,  52. 

Cheekly,  50. 

Cheeks,  51. 
Cheer,  163. 
Cheese,  208. 
Cheeseman,  202. 
Cheetham,  44. 
Cheke,  52. 
Chemin,  178. 
Chequer,  214. 
Cherry,  61. 
Cherry,  142. 
Chess,  214. 
Chessman,  214. 
Chest,  179. 
Chester,  97. 
Chestly,  50. 
Chestnut,  136,  145. 
Chestnutwood,  136. 
Chevalier,  199. 
Chew,  22,  22. 
Chewit,  22. 
Cheyne,  122. 
Chick,  113. 


288 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Chicken,  113. 
Chickey,  113. 
Chickling,  118. 
Child,  50. 
Children,  92,  264. 
Chilley,  147. 
Chillman,  151,  151. 
Chin,  51,  52. 
Chine,  123. 
Chinn,  51,  52. 
Chinneiy,  52. 
Chip,  151,  151. 
Chipman,  202. 
Chipp,  151. 
Chippey,  151. 
Chimes,  179. 
Chirpsir,  162. 
Chisels,  28. 
Chism,  246. 
Chithrick,  246. 
Chitty,  252,  254. 
Chizel,  180. 
Chizen,  246. 
Choice,  90. 
Cholar,  66. 
Cholmondeley,  243. 
Chose,  91. 
Chowder,  22. 
Chraister,  47. 
Chrichton,  28. 
Christ,  47. 
Christal,  175. 
Christe,  47. 
Christer,  47. 
Christian,  47. 
Christman,  47. 
Christmas,  48,  154. 
Christopher,  235. 
Chris  topherson,  11,  11. 
Chrystal,  175'. 


Chrysty,  47. 
Chub,  120. 
Chubb,  120. 
Chubbe,  120. 
Chubbuck,  121. 
Chuck,  110. 
Church,  23,  168. 
Churchill,  170,  239. 
Churchman,  23. 
Churchyard,  170. 
Churn,  180. 
Chute,  31,  246. 
Chyne,  122. 
Cicero,.  146. 
'  Cid,  10. 
Ciders,  229. 
Cilley,  60. 
Cinnamon,  39. 
.  Cisco,  242. 
City,  168. 
Civil,  68. 
Civill,  61. 
Clack,  72. 
Clacker,  72,  264. 
Clad,  104. 
Clampett,  36. 
Clam  pit,  36. 
Clampitt,  36. 
Clancy,  17. 
Clap,  162. 
Clapp,  162. 
Clapper,  163. 
Claret,  230. 
Clark,  199. 
Clarke,  20. 
Clash,  222. 
Class,  98. 
Clat,  172. 
Claude,  235. 
Clawson,  122. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


289 


Clay,  128. 

Clay  born,  131. 

Claypole,  141. 

Clay  pool,  131. 

Clays,  128. 

Claystone,  130. 

Clear,  59,  73. 

Clearraan,  61. 

Clearwater,  134. 

Cleaver,  179,  180,  180. 

Cleaze,  252. 

Clegg,  246. 

Clement,  66. 

Clench,  222. 
CLendinin,  246. 

Clerk,  200. 
Clerkin,  246. 
Cleu,  182. 
Clever,  61. 
Cleverly,  59. 
Clewley,  252. 
Clide,  96. 
Cliff,  127. 
Clifford,  133. 
Clift,  127. 
Climax,  42. 
Climb,  77. 
Clime,  96. 
Climie,  77. 
Clinch,  32,  222. 
Cline,  246. 
Cling,  92. 
Clinger,  92. 
Clink,  163. 
Clinkard,  252. 
Clipp,  27. 
Clive,  173. 
Cloak,  102,  104. 
Cloas,  102. 
Clock,  22. 


Close,  127,  127,  191,  194. 

Closer,  194. 

Clothier,  202,  205. 

Cloud,  49. 

Cloudman,  49. 

Cloutman,  102,  202. 

Clover,  139,  143,  145. 

Cloves,  209. 

Club,  223. 

Clubbe,  223. 

Clum,  68. 

Clutter,  84. 

Clutterbuck,  83,  252. 

Clymer,  77. 

Coache,  213. 

Coachman,  205. 

Coad,  186. 

Coal,  151,  151. 

Coale,  151. 

Coan,  182. 

Coar,  142. 

Coarser,  79. 
Coast,  134. 
Coates,  25,  102. 
Coats,  245. 
Cobb,  124,  140. 
Cock,  114. 
Cockburn,  243. 
Cockerell,  115,  117. 
Cockerill,  115. 
Cockeye,  88. 
Cocking,  219. 
Cockle,  121. 
Cockrell,  114. 
Cocks,  114. 
Cockshot,  221. 
Cockson,  214. 
Codd,  120,  121. 
Codding,  119. 
Codex,  188. 


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290 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Codey,  186. 
Codley,  119. 
Codman,  119,  122. 
Codner,  252. 
Codomanus,  122. 
Codwise,  119,  247. 
Cody,  119. 
Coe,  8. 
Coess,  252. 
Coffee,  207. 
Coffin,  4. 
Coffinberry,  265. 
Coffing,  225. 
Coffman,  226. 
Coffre,  191. 
Coignac,  230. 
Coil,  208,  210. 
Coin,  190,  191. 
Coiner,  205. 
Cokar,  151. 
Coke,  151,  151,  189. 
Cokely,  151. 
Coker,  202. 
Colbath,  147. 
Colburn,  239. 
Colcock,  114. 
Colder,  151. 
Coldwell,  134. 
Cole,  150,  151. 
Colegrove,  244. 
Coleman,  202. 
Colfish,  22. 
Colflesh,  22. 
Collar,  102,  104. 
Coller,  101. 
Collier,  202. 
Collingbourne,  11. 
Colman,  30,  202. 
Colmire,  131. 
Colombine,  143. 


Colon,  185. 
Coloney,  98. 
Colonius,  98. 
Colony,  98. 
Colt,  107. 
Colthirst,  230. 
Coltman,  107. 
Columbus,  37,  257. 
Colwell,  244. 
Comb,  102. 
Comber,  246. 
Comboy,  246. 
Combs,  102. 
Comer,  26. 
Comes,  26. 
Comet,  49. 
Comfort,  67. 
Comly,  83,  85. 
Commal,  185. 
Commander,  199. 
Commodus,  88. 
Comsett,  246. 
Concha,  121. 
Cocklayne,  18. 
Conder,  117. 
Condit,  133. 
Cone,  182. 
Coney,  107. 
Conger,  119.' 
Congreve,  257. 
Conklyn,  18. 
Conn,  183. 
Conologue,  246. 
Conover,  184. 
Conquest,  218,  220. 
Conrad,  235. 
Conscience,  73. 
Constable,  186,  189. 
Constant,  61,  71. 
Content,  61. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


291 


Converse,  72. 
Convey,  213. 
Convoy,  213. 
Conway,  97. 
Conybeare,  111. 
Coo,  163. 
Coobler,  205. 
Cook,  200. 
Cooker,  205. 
Cookman,  200,  205. 
Cookson,  200,  202. 
Cool,  65. 
Coolbroth,  22. 
Coolidge,  239. 
Cooling,  151. 
Coon,  107,  110. 
Cooney,  110. 
Coons,  110. 
Coop,  115. 
Cooper,  24,  202. 
.  Coops,  115. 
Coot,  118,  118. 
Coote,  113,  117. 
Coots,  113,  118. 
Cop,  8. 
Cope,  102. 
Copeman,  105. 
Copenhagen,  97. 
Copes,  105. 
Copestick,  160. 
Copley,  252,  265. 
Copp,  246. 
Copperman,  190. 
Coppers,  190. 
Copperthorn,  139. 
Coquerel,  115. 
Coram,  99. 
Coran,  24. 
Corbett,  113,  116. 
Cord,  151,  210,  211. 


Corderoy,  101. 
Cordial,  61,  228. 
Cordiner,  202. 
Cordis,  6. 
Cords,  210. 
Core,  142. 
Corinth,  98. 
Cork,  97,  136. 
Corker,  202,  228. 
Corkery,  230. 
Corlew,  113. 
Corn,  145,  145. 
Come,  144. 
Cornelia,  54. 
Cornelius,  235. 
Corner,  161. 
Cornett,  199,  220. 
Cornhill,  144. 
Cornice,  171. 
Cornman,  205. 
Corolleiauer,  11. 
Corp,  246. 
Corporal,  199,  245. 
Corpse,  5. 
Corral,  134. 
Correster,  162. 
Corse,  5. 
Corsey,  5. 
.  Cosine,  182. 
Cosset,  92. 
Cossit,  90. 
Cost,  190,  191. 
Costley,  191. 
Cot,  169. 
Cotchett,  246. 
Cotter,  202,  205. 
Cottle,  29. 
Cottman,  169,  205. 
Couch,  176. 
Coughamour,  227. 


292 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Cought,  188. 
Couland,  127. 
Coull,  104. 
Coult,  108. 
Council,  99. 
Councilman,  200,  200. 
Count,  90. 
Counter,  215. 
Countess,  56. 
Countraman,  96. 
Countryman,  205. 
Countsell,  187. 
County,  168. 
Couples,  158. 
Couplet,  184. 
Cource,  161. 
Courier,  267. 
Courser,  107. 
Court,  90,  186,  187. 
Courteous,  65. 
Courter,  91. 
Courtin,  91. 
Courts,  187. 
Cousen,  92. 
Cousens,  90,  91. 
Cousin,  92,  92. 
Cousins,  90^92. 
Cove,  133. 
Covert,  25. 
Covey,  115,  117. 
Cow,  108,  111. 
Coward,  73,  73. 
Cowden,  107. 
Cowgill,  121.     , 
Cowherd,  205. 
Cowhig,  107. 
Cowing,  70. 
Cowles,  102. 
Cowley,  131. 
Cowls,  102. 


Cowman,  107. 

Cowthred,  107. 

Cox,  8,  114. 

Coxed,  115. 

Coy,  8. 

Coyle,  197,  222. 

Coyne,  190. 

Cozier,  29. 

Cozine,  182. 

Cozzen,  91. 

Cozzens,  90. 

Crabb,  122. 

Crabbe,  121. 

Crabbie,  66. 

Crabs,  120. 

Crabtree,  13,  136. 

Crack,  149. 

Crackbon,  32. 

Crackbone,  30. 

Crackett,  34. 

Crackey,  83. 

Crackstone,  33. 

Craft,  205. 

Crafts,  205. 

Cragg,  127. 

Cragmire,  131. 

Craig,  127. 

Craighead,  131. 

Craigie,  127. 

Crain,  179,  180. 

Craine,  113. 

Crall,  70. 

Cram,  22. 

Cramp,  225,  225,  226,  226. 

Cranberry,  145. 

Crane,  113. 

Crank,  214. 

Cranmer,  252. 

Crasher,  223. 

Crassus,  79,  89. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


293 


Cravat,  103. 
Cravath,  101. 
Craven,  60,  63. 
Craw,  34,  120,  250. 
Crawfoot,  86. 
Crawford,  133. 
Crawshaw,  246. 
Crawshay,  101. 
Craze,  62. 
Creak,  174. 
Creake,  174. 
Cream,  209. 
Creamer,  207,  209. 
Crease,  122. 
Creasy,  122. 
Creech,  246. 
Creed,  23. 
Creeper,  77. 
Cress,  143. 
Cressy,  98. 
Creter,  230. 
Crewe,  117. 
Cribb,  176. 
Cribbin,  192. 
Cribbs,  176. 
Cribby,  192. 
Crick,  252. 
Cricke,  252. 
Cricket,  124. 
Crier,  162,  186. 
Crimlisk,  246. 
Crimson,  165. 
Crisp,  150,  150. 
Crispe,  150. 
Crispin,  150. 
Crispy,  83,  150. 
Cristal,  175. 
Croak,  66,  86,  162. 
Croakham,  252. 
Crock,  123. 


Crocker,  202. 

Crocum,  252. 

Croe,  113. 

Crofoot,  86. 

Croft,  127. 

Croker,  162. 

Crone,  56,  56,  85. 

Croney,  93. 

Crook,  83. 

Crooke,  83. 

Crooker,  83. 

Crookshanks,  83. 

Crop,  125. 

Cropp,  145. 

Cropper,  27,  205. 

Cropps,  246. 

Crosby,  66. 

Croscup,  68. 

Crosier,  199. 
Cross,  66,  68. 
Crossman,  66. 
Cross  way,  178. 
Crotch,  86. 
Crouch,  63,  70,  245. 
Crow,  113. 
Crowd,  98. 
Crowder,  78. 
Crowe,  113,  116. 
Crowhurst,  132. 
Crowin,  115. 
Crowley,  132. 
Crown,  190. 
Crowninshield,  11,  244. 
Crozier,  199. 
Crucifix,  169. 
Cruckshanks,  85. 
Crudup,  34. 
Cruice,  228. 
Cruikshanks,  85. 
Cruise,  228. 


294 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Crum,  23. 
Crumb,  23. 
Crumbley,  60. 
Crummy,  23. 
Crump,  246,  250. 
Crumpecker,  115. 
Cruse,  227. 
Cruso,  156. 
Crusoe,  156. 
Crutch,  227. 
Crutchfield,  .85. 
Crystal,  175. 
Cubitt,  160. 
Cuckold,  92. 
Cuckoo,  117. 
Cuckow,  116. 
Cud,  125. 
Cudd,  109. 
Cuddeback,  85. 
Cuddy,  196,  246. 
Cudworth,  107,  246. 
Cue,  214. 
Cuff,  102,  222. 
Cuffe,  224. 
Cull,  64,  246. 
Cully,  74. 
Culverhouse,  265. 
Cumback,  15. 
Cumber,  75,  246. 
Cumberland,  130. 
Cumley,  85. 
Cumming,  26. 
Cundy,  246. 
Cunning,  265. 
Cunningham,  238. 
Cuntz,  246. 
Curd,  208. 
Cure,  227,  228. 
Curick,  247. 
Curius,  89. 


Curl,  83. 
Curlew,  113. 
Curley,  83. 
Curll,  84. 
Curly,  83. 
Curlyhead,  83. 
Curr,  110. 
Cur  ran,  37. 
Currant,  132,  141. 
Currants,  142. 
Currier,  202. 
Curry,  212,  212,  247. 
Cursin,  233. 
Curtain,  176. 
Curtin,  176. 
Curwithie,  252. 
Cushim,  233. 
Cushing,  19,  176. 
Cuskly,  120. 
Cust,  233. 
Custard,  209,  209. 
Cutbush,  139. 
Cutcliff,  127,  247 
Cutler,  202. 
Cutlock,  174. 
Cutter,  202. 
Cutting,  40,  202. 
Cuttler,  205. 
Cutts,  218. 
Cuzens,  90. 
Cyfer,  42. 
Cypher,  42. 
Cyphers,  42. 
Cyprus,  136. 
Cyr,  250. 
Cys,  250. 

Dabbs,  25. 
Dace,  121. 
Dadd,  90. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


295 


Daddo,  33. 
Dady,  90,  92. 

Daffy,  70,  70. 

Daft,  62. 

Dager,  220. 

Dagger,  218,  221. 

Daguerre,  257. 

Dailey,  155. 

Dainty,  22,  23. 

Dairy,  208. 

Dais,  176. 

Daisey,  144. 

Dale,  127. 

Daley,  155. 

Dally,  76,  77. 

Dam,  8,  25,  128. 

Dambman,  233. 

Dame,  54. 

Damm,  233,  233. 

Damman,  233. 

Dammin,  233. 

Damon,  90. 

Dan,  236. 

Dana,  15. 

Dance,  164,  164,  164,  164. 

Dancer,  164,  164,  164. 

Dancey,  164,  164. 

Dandy,  83,  83,  247. 

Dane,  95. 

Danforth,  239. 

Dangerfield,  219. 

Dangers,  219. 

Daniell,  235. 

Dante,  37. 

Dapmar,  247. 

Darch,  33. 

Dardy,  247. 

Dare,  60,  63,  64. 

Dares,  68. 

Dark,  84,  156. 


Darke,  156. 
Darken,  34. 
Darker,  166. 
Darkies,  166. 
Darling,  90. 
Darner,  233. 
Darrah,  247. 
Darroll,  252. 
Dart,  218,  220. 
Dartady,  247. 
Dasey,  142. 
Dash,  70. 
Dasha,  247. 
Dashe,  70. 
Dashwood,  247. 
Date,  155. 
Dau,  118. 
Daub,  25,  166. 
Daunt,  65. 
David,  235. 
Davids,  237. 
Davidson,  237. 
Davie,  37. 
Davies,  237. 
Davis,  18,  237. 
Davison,  237. 
Daw,  10,  113,  117. 
Dawes,  113. 
Dawn,  167. 
Dawson,  113,  117. 
Dax,  10. 
Day,  155. 
Daycock,  114. 
Day  foot,  155. 
Dayman,  155. 
Days,  155. 
Daze,  144. 
Dea,  10,  267. 
Deacey,  247. 
Deacon,  27. 


296 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Deadman,  4,  5. 
Deady,  5.. 
Deal,  214,  215. 
Dealey,  214. 
Dealfaro,  214. 
Dealing,  216. 
Dealling,  214. 
Deally,  214. 
Deals,  214. 
Dean,  199. 
Dear,  90,  91. 
Dearbird,  1 17. 
Dearborn,  90. 
Dearby,  247. 
Deare,  91. 
Dearing,  238. 
Dearraan,  91. 
Dears,  90. 
Dearth,  21. 
Deary,  90,  91. 
Deas,  8. 
Death,  4. 
Debby,  55. 
Debell,  49. 
De  Belle  Eau,  242. 
De  Camp,  76. 
Decharms,  84. 
Decius,  158. 
Deck,  196. 
Decke,  196. 
Dee,  8,  9. 
Deeds,  188. 
Deel,  214. 
Deer,  107. 
Deery,  91. 
Deffick,  252. 
Defoe,  28. 
Defriez,  147. 
De  Frites,  247. 
Degg,  33. 


Degree,  182. 
De  L' Angle,  182. 
Delay,  26. 
Delight,  44. 
Dell,  127. 
Del  Negro,  167., 
Delver,  202. 
Delvin,  25. 
Demeritt,  57. 
Demme,  233. 
Demuth,  70. 
Dench,  247. 
Denio,  43. 
Denne,  127. 
Dent,  50,  52. 
Dentatus,  89. 
Denyer,  43. 
Deo,  10. 
De  Pew,  170. 
Deplore,  61. 
De  Porquet,  107. 
Depty,  13. 
Deputy,  200. 
Derbishire,  97. 
Derbyshire,  97. 
Derrick,  25,  172. 
Derth,  21. 
Desert,  127. 
De  Silver,  190. 
Detter,  187. 
Dettrick,  252. 
Deturbe,  247. 
Deuel,  265. 
Deuell,  49. 
Devar,  247. 
Deven,  252.      ■ 
Devens,  247. 
Deverill,  252. 
Devil,  49. 
Devine,  40. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


297 


Devlin,  49. 
Devonshire,  97. 
Devotion,  5. 
Dew,  147. 
Dewey,  147. 
DeWolf,  107. 
De  Worde,  185. 
Dexter,  50. 
Dey,  199. 
D'Honneur,  58. 
Dialogue,  73. 
Diamond,  100. 
Dibble,  49. 
Dibblee,  247. 
Dick,  237. 
Dickens,  233. 
Dickerman,  197. 
Dickers,  198. 
Dickey,  101,  105. 
Dickins,  232. 
Dickman,  237. 
Dickson,  237. 
Dicy,  216. 
Diehl,  49. 
Dier,  205. 
Dieter,  22. 
Dietman,  227. 
Diety,  22. 
Diffendaffer,  11. 
Diggins,  34,  131. 
Diggles,  247. 
Diggs,  205. 
Dignum,  58. 
Dike,  128. 
Dikes,  128. 
DiU,  247. 
Dillenback,  247. 
Diman,  202. 
Dinely,  6. 
Ding,  163. 


Dingie,  166. 

Dingle,  131. 

Dingwell,  247. 

Dingy,  165. 

Dining,  22. 

Dinn,  163. 

Dinnin,  162. 

Dinning,  162. 

Dinter,  247. 

Dippie,  149. 

Dipple,  33. 

Dirkin,  223. 

Disch,  247. 

Disher,  200. 

Dishman,  200. 

Distill,  230. 

Ditcher,  202. 

Ditchfield,  132. 
Dito,  42. 
Ditson,  35. 
Ditton,  35,  35. 
Divan,  176. 
Diver,  77. 
Divers,  79. 
Dives,  194. 
Divin,  78. 
Dix,  8,  158,  237. 
Dixon,  237. 
Dixwell,  15. 
Dizer,  247. 
Doak,  247. 
Dobbin,  107. 
Dock,  197,  198. 
Docket,  186. 
Dockham,  193,  247. 
Dockum,  194. 
Dod,  8,  10. 
Dodge,  71. 
Doe,  8,  107,  187. 
Doer,  60. 


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298 


INDEX    OF  .SURNAMES. 


Does,  111. 
Dohr,  171. 

Doldt,  60. 
Dole,  196. 
Dolfin,  119. 
Doll,  74,  81,  85. 
Dolley,  55. 
Dolls,  85. 
Dolly,  54. 
Dolphin,  121. 
Dolt,  60. 
Domblide,  252. 
Domblider,  252. 
Domingo,  95. 
Don,  10. 
Donald,  235. 
Donke,-  62. 
Donner,  147. 
Doolady,  43. 
Doolittle,  60. 
Door,  173. 
Dore,  171,  174. 
Dorey,  214. 
Dorion,  252. 
Dorn,  138. 
Dorothy,  56. 
Dorr,  13. 
Dory,  119,  196. 
Dos,  10. 
Doton,  90. 
Dotter,  166. 
Dotts,  166. 
Double,  159. 
Doubleday,  155. 
Doubt,  73. 
Doubty,  79. 
Doudican,  247. 
Doudle,  85. 
Doudy,  85. 
Dough,  207. 


Doughty,  79. 
Douney,  130,  131. 
Douty,  79. 
Dove,  113,  116. 
Dow,  8,  165. 
Dowdell,  60,  60. 
Dowdle,  85. 
Dowdy,  62,  85. 
Dower,  195. 
Dowlettell,  60. 
Down,  32. 
Downie,  131. 
Downs,  128. 

Downy,  131. 

Dowse,  147,  149. 

Dox,  9. 

Doy,  263. 

Dozeville,  157. 

Dragon,  125. 

Drain,  31. 

Drainey,  31. 

Drake,  113,  116. 

Drakeman,  117. 

Dram,  230,  230. 

Drane,  31. 

Draper,  33,  202. 

Drawbridge,  178. 

Drax,  33. 

Dray,  180,  212. 

Dredge,  172. 

Dresser,  100. 

Drew,  247. 

Dreyer,  21,  229. 

Driggs,  231. 

Drinkard,  230. 

Drinkdreggs,  231. 

Drinker,  21. 

Drinkhouse,  170. 

Drinkmilk,  230. 

Drinkwater,  22. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


299 


Dripps,  149. 
Driver,  200. 
Droll,  60,  61. 
Droolby,  87. 
Dropsie,  226. 
Drought,  231. 
Drown,  133. 
Drudge,  203. 
Drum,  219,  220. 
Drumm,  219. 
Drummer,  218,  219. 
Drummey,  219. 
Drunken,  230. 
Dryden,  37,  127. 
Dryer,  231. 
Dryman,  228. 
Drysdale,  132. 
Dublett,  102. 
Ducat,  191. 
Duck,  113,  117,  118. 
Ducker,  148,  149. 
Duckett,  191. 
Ducklow,  30. 
Duckman,  116. 
Ducom,  43. 
Dudgeon,  66. 
Dudifit,  43. 
Duely,  187. 
Duff,  247. 
Duffey,  18. 
Duke,' 198. 
Dull,  61. 
Dullard,  61. 
Dulles,  32. 
Dulley,  60,  61. 
Dulmage,  61. 
Dum,  72. 
Dummer,  21. 
Dummkopf,  60. 
Dumsday,  5. 


Dun,  8,  10,  187. 
Dunbar,  97. 
Duncan,  235. 
Dunham,  190. 
Dunn,  18. 
Dunner,  187. 
Dunning,  44. 
Dunstable,  97. 
Dupe,  64. 
Duquid,  247. 
Durivage,  133. 
Dusen,  158. 
Dust,  27. 
Dustin,  247. 
Dutch,  95. 
Dutton,  35. 
Duty,  57. 
Dux,  10. 
Duy,  10. 
Duzzen,  158. 
Dwelle,  247. 
Dwelley,  247. 
Dwelshauvers,  11, 
Dyball,  166. 
Dyce,  216. 
Dyde,  5. 
Dye,  166. 
Dyer,  202. 
Dyes,  210. 
Dyke,  128. 
Dykes,  128. 
Dyre,  202. 
Dytch,  131. 

Eachman,  194. 
Ead,  10. 
Eager,  71. 
Eagle,  117. 
Eagles,  117. 
Ea<rleson,  117. 


300 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Eargood,  53. 
Earl,  198. 
Earle,  198. 
Earley,  157. 
Early,  156. 
Earnest,  64. 
Earnrigo,  247. 
Earratt,  109. 
Earthy,  36. 
Earwhisper,  73. 
Easby,  247. 
Easeman,  QQ. 
Eason,  247. 
East,  152. 
Eastburn,  152. 
Easte,  152. 
Easter,  155. 
Easterday,  155. 
Easterly,  152. 
Eastford,  152. 
Eastham,  152. 
Eastlake,  133^  265. 
Eastman,  152. 
Easty,  152. 
Easy,  69. 
Eaton,  241. 
Eatwell,  22. 
Eaves,  171,  174. 
Eayles,  120. 
Eayre,  53. 
E  ay  res,  50. 
Eby,  10,  10. 
Eck,  8. 
Eddy,  133. 
Ede,  10. 
Eden,  49. 
Edenborn,  49. 
Edgar,  235. 
Edgarton,  97. 
Edge,  160. 


Edgecomb,  102. 
Edges,  160. 
Edmond,  235. 
Edson,  237. 
Edward,  235. 
Eeles,  119. 
Eelles,,118. 
Eels,  119. 
Ege,  10. 
Egg,  116. 
Eggs,  116. 
Egle,  117. 
Ego,  194. 
Ehrlich,  58. 
Eid,  43. 
Eighteen,  159. 
Ela,  8. 
Elbow,  53. 
Eld,  9. 
Elder,  93. 
Elderkin,  90. 
Elders,  93,  98. 
Eldridge,  87. 
Eli,  10,  10,  235. 
Eliaers,  247. 
Eliot,  20,  247. 
Elisha,  235. 
Ella,  56. 
Ellen,  54. 
Ellens,  54. 
Ellms,  136. 
Ells,  159. 
Elm,  8,  136. 
Elms,  136. 
Els,  8. 
Elsie,  54. 
Ely,  8,  235. 
Elz,  10. 
Emareld,  100. 
Emereld,  100. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


301 


Emerson,  15. 
Emery,  207. 
Emmes,  247. 
Emmet,  124. 
Emmett,  125. 
Emperor,  201. 
End,  160. 
Ende,  156. 
Endecott,  238. 
Engal,  48. 
Engelman,  48. 
Engels,  48. 
England,  95. 
English,  95. 
Engs,  252." 
Eno,  10,  193. 
Enoch,  235. 
Enos,  235. 
Enough,  195. 
Ens,  10. 
Enser,  46. 
Ensign,  15,  199. 
Ent,  10. 

Entwistle,  254,  254. 
Epp,  10,  10. 
Er,  8. 

Erb,  10,  10,  10. 
Erdis,  247. 
Erk,  10. 
Erlj,  157. 
Email,  193. 
Ernest,  60. 
Erquit,  247. 
Err,  74. 
Ery,  10,  10. 
Esback,  247. 
Esquirell,  108. 
Essex,  97. 


Esson,  247. 
Estle,  247. 
Etheopean,  95. 
Etu,  10. 
Etz,  10. 

Eulenspiegel,  116. 
Eva,  56. 

Eve,  54,  157,  157. 
Eveleth,  239. 
Everedd,  243. 
Everett,  247. 
Every,  98,  98. 
Eves,  172. 
Evil,  73. 
Evilly,  58. 
Evily,  58. 
Ewe,  110.* 
Ewer,  179,  181. 
Ewers,  181. 
Ey,  8,  53. 
Eye,  51,  52. 
Eyes,  52. 
Ezekiel,  235. 
Ezra,  236. 
Ezzard,  265. 

Fabel,  185. 
Faber,  250. 
Fable,  185. 
Fabvier,  155. 
Face,  52. 
Facer,  38. 
Facks,  250. 
Fader,  90. 
Fadloaf,  247. 
Fagg,  76,  77. 
Fague,  247. 
Fail,  193. 


*  Mr.  Ewe,  of  Mi 


lwaukie.  was  killed  by  the  fall  of  his  store  (June,  1858). 


302 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Failing,  193. 
Fain,  234. 
Faint,  70. 
Fair,  84,  85,  87. 
Fairbairn,  85,  90. 
Fairbank,  133. 
Fairbanks,  133. 
Fairbones,  84. 
Fairborn,  86. 
Fairbrother,  83,  85,  90. 
Fairchild,  83,  90. 
Faircloth,  102. 
Fairfield,  128. 
Fairfoul,  29. 
Fairlamb,  108. 
Fairly,  58. 
Fairman,  84,  85. 
Fairs,  198. 
Fairservice,  205. 
Fairtitle,  187. 
Fairweather,  147. 
Faith,  73,  74. 
Faithful,  63. 
Faithy,  58. 
Falcon,  117. 
Fall,  31. 
Fallbright,  31. 
Fallen,  39,  40. 
Faller,  26,  31,  31. 
Fallman,  31,  31. 
Fallon,  31. 
Fallow,  60. 
Falls,  31,  31. 
Fame,  201. 
Famous,  201. 
Fancy,  90. 
Fane,  252. 
Faneuil,  173. 
Fanning,  150,  247. 
Faour,  247. 


Faraday,  156. 
Farcy,  85. 
Fardle,  247. 
Fardy,  247." 
Fare,  22. 
Fares,  214. 
Farewell,  234. 
Fargo,  75. 
Farless,  42. 
Farmer,  202. 
Farn,  247. 
Faro,  214. 
Farr,  160. 
Farrar,  263. 
Farrow,  87. 
Farthing,  191,  191. 
Farthings,  191. 
Farwell,  234. 
Fasbeude,  247. 
Fash,  62. 
Fasset,  250. 
Fast,  22. 
Faster,  22. 
Fastin,  22. 
Fasting,  23. 
Fatal,  225. 
Fatman,  266. 
Fatt,  80. 
Fattman,  80. 
Fatty,  81. 
Faught,  222. 
Faulwasser,  123,  247. 
Favor,  90. 
Fawcet,  38. 
Fawcett,  26. 
Fawne,  107. 
Fax,  8. 
Fay,  8,  48. 
Faye,  247. 
Feachem,  245. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


303 


Fear,  6,  38. 
Fearing,  6. 
Fearman,  6. 
Fearne,  138. 
Fearnes,  138. 
Fears,  63,  70. 
Feast,  22. 
Feaster,  22. 
Feather,  118. 
Featherhoff,  116,  123. 
Feathers,  125. 
Featherson,  123. 
Featherstone,  30. 
Featherstonehaugh,  11. 
Featherstonhaugh,  11. 
Feber,  247. 
Federhen,  247. 
Fee,  186,  187. 
Fees,  188. 
Fei,  263. 
Feight,  222. 
Feiling,  247. 
Felbel,  247. 
Felix,  235. 
Felker,  247. 
Fell,  32,  32. 
Fellows,  98. 
Felon,  59,  226. 
Felt,  207. 
Fence,  171. 
Fenn,  128. 
Fennel,  142,  143. 
Fennell,  143. 
Fennester,  171. 
Ferdinand,  235. 
Fergy,  247. 
Fern,  139. 
Ferniside,  252. 
Ferns,  139. 
Ferrier,  204. 


Ferrill,  28. 

Ferriter,  72,  186. 

Ferry,  133,  197. 

Ferst,  79. 

Fester,  226. 

Fetch,  188. 

Fetchum,  186. 

Fette,  247. 

Fetter,  187,  188. 

Fetterman,  188. 

Fetters,  188. 

Fettiplace,  249. 

Fettyplace,  247. 

Feustle,  247. 

Fever,  225. 

Feveryear,  225. 

Few,  98,  99. 

Fewoer,  247. 

Fex,  10. 

Fey,  234,  263. 

Feyerbach,  30. 

Feyhl,  247. 

Fibbin,  63. 

Fibbs,  73. 

Fibe,  74. 

Fick,  252.  ' 

Fickel,  61. 

Fiddler,  164. 

Fidlar,  164. 

Fidler,  164,  164,  164,  164. 

Fido,  110. 

Fie,  234. 

Field,  127. 

Fieldhouse,  170. 

Fields,  15,  128. 

Fieldy,  128. 

Fienkenfleugel,  11. 

Fife,  162. 

Figg,  142. 

Figge,  142. 


304 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Figgs,  142. 
Filbert,  142. 
File,  210. 
Filene,  247. 
Files,  210. 
Filhiol,  247. 
Fill,  22. 

Filldrought,  230. 
Filley,  107. 
Filling,  23. 
Fillings,  22. 
Fillman,  22. 
Fillmore,  22. 
Finch,  113,  116. 
Fines,  186. 
Finger,  50. 
Finis,  234. 
Finland,  95. 
Finn,  31,  95. 
Finney,  31. 
Finny,  121. 
Finster,  173. 
Fir,  136. 
Firebrace,  151. 
Firehock,  230. 
Firing,  151. 
Firman,  186,  204. 
Fish,  13,  119. 
Fishburn,  134. 
Fisher,  119,  202. 
Fishers,  119. 
Fishley,  119. 
Fishpool,  134. 
Fister,  223. 
Fite,  223. 
Fitt,  225. 
Fitter,  104. 
Fittings,  104. 
Fitton,  102,  104. 
Fitts,  225. 


Fitz,  225. 
Fitzhugh,  237. 
Fitzpen,  243. 
Fix,  74,  104,  263. 
Flaccus,  88. 
Flack,  247. 
Flagg,  219. 
Flake,  147,  149. 
Flaming,  149. 
Flanders,  95. 
Flang,  247. 
Flare,  265. 
Flash,  73. 
Flashman,  73. 
Flat,  64. 
Flatchley,  247. 
Flater,  64. 
Flatly,  60,  61,  64. 
Flatman,  45,  60. 
Flatt,  60,  61. 
Flatter,  67. 
Flattery,  66. 
Flaws,  188. 
Flaxman,  144. 
Flea,  124. 
Fleeman,  124. 
Fleet,  45,  75,  196. 
Fleming,  95.  • 
Flesh,  81. 
Fletcher,  218. 
Flew,  78. 
Fley,  125. 
Flick,  252. 
Flight,  76. 
Flinders,  247. 
Fling,  164,  164,  223. 
Flint,  27. 
Flitcraft,  251. 
Flock,  107,  110,  110. 
Floden,  98. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


305 


Flohr,  171. 

Flood,  132,  147. 

Flora,  47. 

Florence,  97,  97. 

Florus,  88. 

Flower,  142. 

Flowers,  142. 

Flowry,  25. 

Floyd,  251. 

Fludd,  149. 

Flue,  173. 

Fluent,  25. 

Flues,  173. 

Fluet,  247. 

Fluker,  247. 

Flura,  61. 
Flush,  190. 
Flusk,  247. 
Flux,  226. 
Fly,  124. 
Flye,  17,  124. 
Flyer,  78. 
Fobbe,  195. 
Fog,  149. 
Fogel,  113. 
Fogelgesang,  162. 
Fogell,  113. 
Fogg,  147. 
Foggs,  148. 
Fogo,  122. 
Fogue,  247. 
Foie,  247. 
Fok,  263. 
Fold,  110. 
Foldin,  100. 
Folk,  98. 
Folley,  45. 
Folly,  45,  73. 
Folsom,  68. 
Foltz,  247. 


Foot,  50. 

Foote,  50,  159. 

Foothead,  52. 

Footman,  200. 

Fopless,  85. 

Force,  60,  182,  182,  182. 

Forcum,  22. 

Ford,  133. 

Fordin,  133. 

Forehand,  53. 

Foreman,  186,  187,  188,200. 

Forepaugh,  53,  123. 

Fores,  158. 

Forest,  136. 

Forget,  65. 

Forke,  22. 

Forker,  22,  22. 

Forrest,  137. 

Forrester,  202. 

Forrow,  247. 

Forsteen,  159. 

Fort,  221. 

Forte,  158. 

Forten,  191. 

Fortin,  191. 

Fortunati,  193. 

Fortune,  190,  191,  193,  193. 

Forty,  159. 

Forty  e,  159. 

Forward,  218,  219. 

Fos,  263. 

Foss,  219. 

Foster,  17. 

Fotheringham,  244. 

Fouldes,  100. 

Foule,  83. 

Foully,  85. 

Foulshame,  68. 

Fountain,  133,  134. 

Fourname,  99. 


•39 


306 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Fowel,  33. 
Fowers,  158. 
Fowle,  113. 
Fowler,  33,  216. 
Fowls,  117. 
Fox,  8,  107. 
Foxcraft,  60. 
Foxworthy,  107. 
Foy,  8. 
Foyll,  217. 
Frailey,  39,  40,  40. 
Fraily,  40. 
Fraiser,  19. 
Fraitz,  197. 
Fraley,  40. 
Frame,  171,  172. 
Franc,  191. 
France,  96. 
Frances,  54. 
Francis,.  235. 
Francisco,  242. 
Frank,  58,  60. 
Frankland,  129. 
Franklin,  199. 
Freake,  66. 
Freas,  151. 
Fred,  236,  247. 
Frederick,  235. 
Free,  50. 
Freeborn,  50. 
Freed,  50. 
Freedman,  50. 
Freeke,  66. 
Freeland,  96. 
Freelove,  93. 
Freely,  196. 
Freeman,  50. 
Freemantle,  101,  102. 
Freer,  50. 
Freese,  147,  267. 


Freestone,  175. 
Freeze,  148,  151. 
French,  95. 
Frere,  91. 
Fresh,  229. 
Fresher,  230. 
Freshwater,  134. 
Freytag,  156. 
Friar,  23,  202. 
Friary,  23,  247. 
Frick,  34. 
Fricke,  247. 
Frickey,  245. 
Friday,  156. 
Fried,  150,  151. 
Friedman,  150. 
Friend,  90. 
Fries,  147,  150,  151. 
Friese,  171. 
Friey,  151. 
Frill,  101,  104. 
Frink,  247. 
Frip,  250. 
Frizzell,  66,  68. 
Frizzle,  15,  66. 
Frock,  104. 
From,  232. 
Frost,  147.      * 
Frothingham,  15,  244. 
Frowert,  64. 
Fruin,  247. 
Frury,  247. 
Fry,  8,  150. 
Frye,  32. 
Fuchs,  107. 
Fudge,  233. 
Fudger,  60. 
Fuess,  66,  247. 
Fugit,  77. 
Fullam,  22. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


307 


Fuller,  202. 
Fullford,  134. 
Fulsom,  68,  267. 
Fulton,  257. 
Funk,  60,  61,  61. 
Funke,  61,  61. 
Funnell,  172. 
Furey,  66,  68. 
Furlong,  159. 
Furlow,  220,  221. 
Furman,  202,  204. 
Furness,  149,  152. 
Furrow,  85. 
Furss,  140. 
Fury,  67,  68. 
Furze,  136,  139. 
Furzer,  138. 
Fuselier,  265. 
Fuss,  66. 
Fussey,  69. 
Fux,  263. 
Fyffe,  163. 
Fyle,  210. 
Fyler,  32,  202,  247. 
Fysh,  121. 
Fyt,  225. 

Gab,  72. 
Gabay,  247. 
Gabb,  72,  73. 
Gabel,  173. 
Gabell,  173,  173. 
Gable,  172,  173,  173. 
Gabler,  72. 
Gabriel,  47. 
Gage,  141. 
Gager,  203. 
Gain,  192. 
Gainer,  192. 
Gaines,  192. 


Gainor,  192. 

Gains,  192. 

Gair,  247. 

Gait,  86. 

Gaiter,  102. 

Gaites,  87. 

Gaither,  102. 

Gakin,  247. 

Galberry,  141. 

Gale,  69,  147. 

Gall,  66,  122,  267. 

Gallant,  65. 

Galley,  197,  197,  198. 

Galliano,  241. 

Galliard,  164,  164. 

Gallon,  159,  241. 

Gallop,  75. 

Galloupe,  75. 

Gallow,  169. 

Galloway,  107. 

Gallows,  169. 

Gallus,  115. 

Galvani,  258. 
Gambell,  214. 
Gamble,  214,  215,  216. 
Gambler,  215. 
Gambling,  214,  216. 
Game,  214. 
Gamer,  214. 
Gamester,  215. 
Game  well,  215. 
Gammon,  7,  60. 
Gandar,  46. 
Gander,  45,  46. 
Gane,  192. 
Gannett,  32,  113. 
Gans,  46. 
Gape,  157. 
Gard,  219. 
Garden,  43,  128,  134. 


308 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Gardenhire,  129. 

Gaut,  247. 

Gardner,  203. 

Gavett,  164. 

Garland,  142. 

Gavott,  164. 

Garlic,  36. 

Gaw,  8. 

Garlick,  36,  227. 

Gawdy,  165,  201. 

Garment,  101, 

Gay,  8,  65. 

Garner,  192. 

Gayer,  67,  68. 

Garnet,  100. 

Gayetty,  70. 

Garnett,  100. 

Gayle,  147. 

Garnsey,  95. 

Gay  lord,  65. 

Garratt,  171. 

Gayman,  65, 

Garretson,  173. 

Gaze,  87. 

Garrett,  171,  174. 

Gear,  102,  105.  • 

Garretty,  172. 

Gearing,  105. 

Garrison,  98,  219. 

Geber,  256. 

Garrits,  171. 

Gee,  8,  127. 

Garrott,  265. 

Geer,  102. 

Garsid,  247. 

Geir,  102. 

Garside,  247. 

Geist,  48. 

Gash,  39. 

Genereux,  196. 

Gashry,  33. 

Gent,  83. 

Gaspey,  80. 

Gentil,  85. 

Gass,  150. 

Gentle,  66,  67. 

Gataker,  33. 

Gentleman,  83. 

Gatcomb,  252. 

Gentler,  13. 

Gatehouse,  170. 

Gentles,  99. 

Gately,  86. 

Gentrey,  199. 

Gates,  171. 

Gentry,  99,  99. 

Gathercole,  151. 

George,  13,  235. 

Gathut,  247. 

Georgius,  247. 

Gatliffe,  252. 

Gere,  104. 

Gatup,  247. 

Germain,  66. 

Gau,  10. 

German,  95,  164 

Gaudel,  253. 

Gero,  247. 

Gaudy,  165. 

Gess,  40. 

Gaul,  95. 

Gest,  245. 

Gaultrapp,  51. 

Gethoths,  252. 

Gaunt,  81. 

Getlive,  252. 

Gauntlett,  218,  219. 

Geton,  76. 

Gauntt,  83. 

Getter,  193. 

INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


309 


Getting,  193. 
Gettings,  27,  192,  194. 
Getty,  193,  253. 
Getum,  186. 
Gex,  10. 
Geyer,  113. 
Ghio,  247. 
Giblin,  247. 
Giddy,  70,  229. 
Gideon,  236. 
Giese,  113. 
Gift,  196. 
Gigar,  247. 
Giger,  247. 
Giggil,  87. 
Gilbert,  235. 
Gilchrist,  47. 
Gildersleeve,  102,  247. 
Gilding,  172. 
Gile,  247. 
Giles,  235. 
Gilfeather,  121. 
Gill,  21,  31,  159. 
Gillies,  120. 
Gills,  122. 
Gilly,  120. 
Gillyflower,  143. 
Gilman,  121. 
Gilpin,  28. 
Gilt,  172. 
Gin,  230. 
Ginger,  209,  210. 
Gingle,  162. 
Gingrass,  59,  229. 
Ginn,  22,  228. 
Ginty,  247. 
Gipsey,  95. 
Gird,  104,  105. 
Girdler,  160. 
Girdlestone,  160. 


Girth,  212. 
Gist,  183. 
Given,  182,  182. 
Givens,  196. 
Giving,  196. 
Givings,  27. 
Glad,  67. 
Gladden,  65. 
Gladding,  65,  67. 
Glade,  129. 
Gladman,  67. 
Gladson,  267. 
Gladstone,  129. 
Gladum,  192. 
Gladwin,  192. 
Gladwing,  115. 
Glance,  86. 
Glancey,  86. 
Glander,  226. 
Glas,  171. 
Glascow,  97. 
Glasko,  97. 
Glass,  171,  173,  231. 
Glassbrook,  25,  133. 
Glasscock,  114. 
Glasse,  174. 
Glassford,  134. 
Glasspole,  141. 
Glazier,  203. 
Glen,  127. 
Glenn,  127. 
Glens,  127. 
Glew,  207. 
Glin,  247. 
Gloan,  247. 
Gloss,  183. 
Glover,  203. 
Gloyd,  251. 
Glubb,  33. 
Gluck,  215. 


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index  of  surnames. 


Glueter,  247. 
Glum,  68. 
Glyde,  132. 
Goad,  212. 
Goard,  107. 
Goare,  218. 
Goat,  45. 
Gobbett,  247. 
Gobble,  22. 
Gobels,  22. 
Goble,*22. 
Gocum,  29. 
Godbold,  47. 
Goddard,  47. 
Goddy,  45. 
Godfrey,  235. 
Godlip,  53. 
Godown,  76. 
Godsclial,  33. 
Godshall,  48. 
Godso,  234. 
Godsoe,  234. 
Godson,  91. 
Godt,  48. 
Godwin,  47. 
Goell,  247. 
Goes,  79. 
Goeth,  26. 
Gofirst,  79. 
Goget,  247. 
Goggin,  247. 
Going,  26. 
Goings,  26. 
Gold,  190. 
Golden,  190. 
Goldman,  190. 
Goldsmith,  203. 
Goldstone,  37. 
Goldtree,  136. 
Golightly,  79,  266. 


Good,  57,  215,  242. 
Goodacre,  132. 
Goodale,  22. 
Goodbody,  59. 
Goodby,  234. 
Goodchap,  242. 
Goodchild,  59,  242. 
Goode,  57. 
Goodenough,  57. 
Goodeve,  234. 
Goodfellow,  57,  59. 
Goodfrederick,  236. 
Goodheart,  58,  59. 
Goodhue,  83. 
Goodhusband,  92. 
Goodluck,  216. 
Goodman,  57,  59,  242. 
Goodnow,  57. 
Goodpasture,  129. 
Goodram,  111. 
Goodrich,  59. 
Goodsell,  197,  197. 
Goodson,  90,  92. 
Goodspeed,  75. 
Goodtitle,  187. 
Goodwill,  71. 
Goodwillie,  236. 
Goodwin,  214. 
Goodwine,  22. 
Goody,  56. 
Goodyear,  154,  227. 
Goos,  44,  46. 
Goose,  113. 
Goosey,  44,  46. 
Gopper,  247. 
Gore,  21,  218. 
Gorges,  130. 
Gorhey,  234. 
Gori,  234. 
Gormandy,  22. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


311 


Gorrie,  234. 

Gorry,  234. 

Gory,  219. 

Gosling,  46,  113,  116. 

Gossee,  247. 

Gossip,  72,  72. 

Gostling,  46.  • 

Got,  8. 

Gotham,  37. 

Gotobed,  157. 

Gott,  47. 

Gouge,  222,  224. 

Gould,  190. 

Goulden,  190. 

Gourd,  145. 

Goutier,  225. 

Gove,  247. 

Gow,  8. 

Gracchus,  116. 

Grace,  83. 

Grain,  144,  145,  145,  145. 

Graine,  144. 

Grammer,  183,  185. 

Grandey,  199,  201. 

Grandfield,  128. 

Grandy,  198,  247. 

Grane,  145. 

Grant,  196. 

Grape,  142. 

Grapel,  197. 

Grapes,  145. 

Gras,  79. 

Grass,  139,  145,  145. 

Grassie,  145. 

Grater,  179. 

Grave,  66. 

Gravel,  38,  132,  134. 

Gravelly,  130. 

Graver,  68,  205. 

Graves,  4. 


Gravy,  22. 
Grawl,  251. 
Gray,  17,  165.. 
Graybill,  118. 
Gray  head,  94. 
Gready,  22,  22,  23. 
Greaney,  165. 
Great,  88. 
Greathed,  84. 
Greaves,  186. 
Grecey,  85. 
Grede,  23. 
Greece,  96. 
Greek,  95. 
Green,  62,  165. 
Greenacre,  131. 
Greene,  165. 
Greener,  61,  166. 
Greenfield,  128,  132,  167. 
Greengoose,  46,  46. 
Green  half,  158. 
Greenhill,  127,  130,  167. 
Greenhouse,  167. 
Greenhow,  166. 
Greenland,  95. 
Greenlaw,  189. 
Greenleaf,  138,  166. 
Greenlees,  167. 
Greenless,  166. 
Greenly,  166. 
Greenman,  60. 
Greenoak,  167. 
Greenough,  166. 
Greensill,  166. 
Greenslade,  166. 
Greenslit,  143,  166. 
Greensvvord,  167. 
Green  tree,  138. 
Greenwell,  166. 
Green  wise,  166. 


312 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Greenwood,  138,  152,  166. 

Greeny,  61. 

Greer,  247. 

Gregory,  235. 

Grepenhagen,  11. 

Gretian,  95. 

Grew,  79,  113. 

Gribben,  247. 

Grice,  247. 

Grier,  247. 

Griesly,  84. 

Grieve,  67,  69. 

Grieves,  66,  68. 

Griffin,  110. 

Grigg,  65. 

Griggs,  247. 

Grim,  66,  67. 

Grime,  85,  85. 

Grimes,  29. 

Grimm,  66. 

Grimman,  67. 

Grimmer,  67. 

Grimston,  19. 

Grindall,  26. 

Grindle,  247. 

Grindstone,  194. 

Griner,  67,  68. 

Grinfield,  66,  129. 

Grips,  225. 

Grissom,  247. 

Grist,  145,  145,  192. 

Griswold,  239. 

Groat,  191,  191. 

Groate,  191. 

Groce,  159. 

Groom,  90,  200. 

Grosbeck,  116. 

Grose,  159. 

Gross,  79,  159. 

Grossman,  80. 


Grote,  190,  191. 
Groundsell,  244. 
Grouse,  113,  117. 
Grout,  66,  67,  247. 
Grove,  128. 
Grover,  203. 
Groves,  128. 
Grow,  79. 
Growing,  79. 
Growlers,  68. 
Grows,  79. 
Grub,  124. 
Grubb,  124. 
Grube,  124. 
Grumble,  68. 
Grumman,  68. 
Grummun,  247. 
Grundy,  29. 
Gruntal,  68. 
Grupee,  247. 
Grush,  34,  247. 
Guard,  219. 
Guardian,  92. 
Gubbins,  33. 
Guell,  247. 
Guernsey,  95. 
Guess,  40. 
Guest,  93. 
Guewey,  247. 
Guggenheimer,  11. 
Guide,  62. 
Guider,  62. 
Guil,  60. 
Guild,  205. 
Guile,  60. 
Guille,  253. 
Guillotin,  257. 
Guily,  60. 
Gull,  60,  115,  117. 
Gulliford,  133. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


313 


Gulliver,  28. 
Gullman,  117. 
Gully,  134. 
Gum,  50. 
Gumb,  51. 
Gumbell,  226. 
Gumble,  254. 
Gumboil,  225. 
Gumbs,  51. 
Gumley,  52. 
Gumma,  53. 
Gummer,  60,  253. 
Gump,  64. 
Gumstay,  247. 
Gun,  220. 
Gunn,  218. 
Gunne,  220. 
Gunner,  217. 
Gunning,  216,  217. 
Gunter,  159. 
Guppage,  247. 
Guppy,  247. 
Guptill,  247. 
Gush,  149. 
Gushee,  34. 
Guss,  235,  253. 
Gust,  148. 
Gustus,  235. 
Gut,  242. 
Gutch,  247,  253. 
Gutkind,  242. 
Gutman,  122,  242. 
Guttering,  178. 
Gutterman,  178. 
Gutterson,  178. 
Guttery,  253. 
Gutting,  122. 
Guy,  8,  9,  28,  197. 
Gyde,  33. 
Gye,  9. 


Gyles,  236. 

Haark,  234. 

Haase,  147. 

Habberfield,  253. 

Hachedoorian,  11. 

Hack,  107,  213. 

Hacke,  213. 

Hacker,  27. 

Hackett,  218,  247. 

Hacking,  222. 

Hackman,  213. 

Hackney,  213. 

Hackwell,  222. 

Hacock,  140. 

Hadaway,  247. 
Haddock,  119. 

Hadley,  97. 
Hadrot,  227. 
Hagar,  54. 
Haggard,  88. 
Haggart,  267. 
Haggett,  247. 
Hague,  95,  98. 
Hahn,  114. 
Hahnemann,  116. 
Haight,  71. 
Haik,  120. 
Hail,  148,  148,  171. 
Haile,  148. 
Haill,  148. 
Hailstone,  148. 
Hailstrip,  149. 
Hair,  50,  51. 
Haire,  51. 
Haisy,  21. 
Hait,  71. 
Hake,  119. 
Hakey,  247. 
Halbe,  158. 


40 


314 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Halbert,  219,  219. 
Hale,  79. 
Halfhead,  88. 
Halfman,  159. 
Halfpenny,  190. 
Hall,  266. 
Hallbower,  131. 
Hallgreen,  161. 
Hallowday,  155. 
Halpine,  36. 
Ham,  7. 
Haman,  35. 
Hamblet,  168. 
Hamburg,  97. 

Hamlet,  169. 

Hamlin,  239. 

Hamling,  239. 

Hamm,  7. 

Hammer,  27,  179,  180. 

Hamock,  176. 

Hamor,  180. 

Hampden,  240. 

Hamper,  209. 

Hams,  7. 

Han,  263. 

Hancock,  114,  237. 

Hand,  50. 

Handcock,  114. 

Handgrave,  188. 

Handless,  88. 

Handright,  53. 

Hands,  53. 

Handy,  83,  83. 

Handyside,  50,  83. 

Hang,  33. 

Hangitt,  232. 

Hangland,  33.  . 

Hangs,  33. 

Hanks,  247. 

Hannah,  54. 


Hannahs,  54. 
Hanover,  36. 
Hant,  247. 
Hapenny,  190. 
Hapgood,  214. 
Happy,  62. 
Haram,  38. 
Harblue,  166. 
Harbottle,  247. 
Harbour,  134. 
Hard,  69. 
Hardcastle,  169. 
Hardeman,  265. 
Harden,  69,  81. 
Harder,  69,  195. 
Harderman,  195. 
Hardgraft,  61. 
Hardier,  79. 
Harding,  17. 
Hardman,  69. 
Hardon,  75. 
Hardwick,  239. 
Hardy,  79. 
Hardy  ear,  154. 
Hare,  107. 
Hark,  234. 
Harke,  234. 
Harken,  72. 
Harker,  72. 
Harkin,  72. 
Harlem,  38. 
Harlot,  39. 
Harm,  222. 
Harmar,  224. 
Harmer,  223. 
Harmony,  163. 
Harms,  222,  223,  224. 
Harnes,  247. 
Harp,  163,  163. 
Harper,  162. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


315 


Harrah,  233. 

Harras,  222. 

Harridan,  39. 

Harriot,  55. 

Harrow,  179,  265. 

Harrower,  204. 

Harrub,  247. 

Hart,  107. 

Hartford,  97. 

Hartnett,  90,  247. 

Hartshorn,  227. 

Hartsinck,  71. 

Hartt,  107. 

Hartwell,  58,  65. 

Harty,  79. 

Harvest,  154. 
Harwood,  239. 
Hary,  83. 
Hase,  147. 
Hasenfus,  86. 
Hasham,  222. 
Hashell,  247. 
Haslett,  122. 
Hasluck,  216. 
Hasselquist,  35. 
Haste,  71,  75. 
Hasten,  75. 
Hasty,  71,  75. 
Hat,  106. 
Hatch,  115. 
Hatcher,  116. 
Hatches,  196. 
Hatchet,  179,  180. 
Hatchett,  180. 
Hatchman,  115. 
Hatt,  103,  104,  105. 
Hatten,  101. 
Hatter,  39,  204. 
Hattie,  55. 
Hatton,  101. 


Hau,  263. 
Hauk,  113. 
Haulback,  75. 
Haule,  78. 
Haupt,  51. 
Hauthwat,  247. 
Hautville,  168. 
Haven,  133. 
Haverhill,  97. 
Haviland,  192,  247. 
Haw,  10,  139. 
Hawke,  116. 
Hawker,  87. 
Hawkin,  87. 
Hawkins,  87. 
Hawks,  113. 
Haworth,  243. 
Haws,  139. 
Hawthorn,  137. 
Hawthorne,  136. 
Hay,  8,  138. 
Haycock,  138. 
Hay  den,  127. 
Hayes,  147. 
Hayford,  133. 
Hayk,  121. 
Hayman,  35. 
Hays,  147. 
Hayt,  71. 
Hayter,  71. 
Hay  ward,  110. 
Hazall,  247. 
Hazard,  214. 
Hazel,  138. 
Hazelhurst,  137. 
Hazell,  136. 
Hazleton,  136. 
Hazlett,  122. 
Heacock,  114. 
Head,  50. 


316 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Headache,  225. 
Headeach,  227. 
Headman,  199,  199. 
Heagle,  117. 
Heal,  227. 
Heald,  227. 
Healey,  227. 
Healing,  227. 
Health,  228. 
Heaman,  56. 
Heap,  191,  192,  193. 
Heape,  193. 
Heaps,  191. 
Heard,  107. 
Hearsay,  72. 
Heart,  52. 
Hearty,  65,  80. 
Heater,  150. 
Heath,  128. 

Heather,  129,  139,  141. 
Heathfield,  132. 
Heaton,  150. 
Heats,  151. 
Heaty,  150. 
Heaven,  49. 
Heaviside,  78. 
Heavy,  78. 
Heavy  eye,  81. 
Hebard,  183. 
Hecock,  114. 
Hector,  66. 
Heddeball,  253. 
Hedge,  136. 
Hedgecock,  114. 
Hedgeland,  128. 
Heed,  71. 
Heele,  52. 
Heely,  50. 
Hegel,  147. 
Heifer,  111. 


Height,  80,  81. 
Heiligenberg,  168. 
Heitz,  127. 
Held,  219. 
Heldenbrand,  219. 
Hell,  49. 
Hellen,  55. 
Hellhouse,  49. 
Hellman,  49. 
Hellwig,  101. 
Helm,  196. 
Helme,  197. 
Helper,  200. 
Helps,  200,  201. 
Helpusgod,  232. 
Heman,  56. 
Hemans,  56. 
Hemmer,  264. 
Hemp,  145. 
Hemphill,  129,  131. 
Hen,  117. 
Henchman,  200. 
Henck,  200. 
Hender,  71. 
Hendershot,  219,  220. 
Henfield,  115. 
Hengst,  200. 
Henk,  247. 
Henn,  115,  117. 
Henns,  115. 
Henny,  115. 
Henrietta,  55. 
Henry,  235. 
Henshaw,  113. 
Henville,  115. 
Henwood,  132. 
Herald,  199,  218. 
Herbage,  145. 
Herbest,  154. 
Herbst,  154. 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


317 


Herd,  110. 
Herder,  112. 
Heritage,  193,  194. 
Herkin,  247. 
Herman,  90. 
Hermitage,  170. 
Hern,  113. 
Hero,  221,  221. 
Heron,  116. 
Herr,  198. 
Herring,  119. 
Harriott,  28. 
Herrode,  35. 
Herron,  113,  118. 
Herthman,  200. 
Herwig,  105. 
Hester,  54,  56. 
Hesz,  247. 
Het,  8,  150. 
Heten,  150. 
Hett,  150. 
Heugh,  234. 
Hevendeer,  48. 
Hewer,  205. 
Hewers,  205. 
Hewgoe,  33. 
Hews,  218. 
Heyer,  247. 
Heyliger,  58. 
Hibbs,  33. 
Hibra,  247. 
Hickford,  133. 
Hickinbotham,  10. 
Hickock,  56. 
Hidden,  70. 
Hide,  70,  122. 
Hider,  72. 
Hides,  122. 
Hiewe,  247. 
Higginbottom,  10. 


Higgs,  254. 
High,  79,  80. 
Highfield,  122. 
Highgate,  173. 
Highhat,  106. 
Highhet,  103. 
Highland,  127,  132. 
Highman,  81. 
Highmore,  80. 
Hight,  127,  131,  267. 
Hightman,  79. 
Hightsman,  131. 
Hihill,  131. 
Hiland,  127. 
Hilborn,  127. 
Hilbourn,  127. 
Hill,  127. 
Hillard,  15,  127. 
Hillhonse,  169. 
Hilliard,  127. 
Hillman,  132. 
Hillocks,  132. 
Hills,  127. 
Hilly,  127. 
Hillyard,  127. 
Hilt,  218. 
Himmel,  49. 
Hind,  112.   v 
Hinde,  111. 
Hinder,  71. 
Hindmarsh,  33,  130. 
Hinds,  107. 
Hinsdale,  97. 
Hip,  52. 
Hipson,  53. 
Hird,  109. 
Hirst,  128. 
Hirtius,  88. 
Hirzel,  247. 
Hiscock,  114,  237. 


318 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Hist,  234 
Hitch,  75. 
Hitchcock,  114. 
Hitchcus,  75. 
Kitchens,  75. 
Hitchings,  75. 
Hitt,  218. 
Hix,  8,  263, 
Ho,  232. 
Hoaker,  127. 
Hoar,  35. 
Hoard,  192. 
Hobbler,  77. 
Hobby,  107. 
Hobun,  253. 
Hoch,  79. 
Hock,  230. 
Hockey,  22. 
Hodde,  179. 
Hodder,  17. 
Hoe,  9. 
Hoegg,  7. 
Hof,  263. 
Hog,  7. 
Hogben,  7. 
Hogg,  7,  108. 
Hoggeridge,  6. 
Hoggs,  7. 
Hogmire,  7. 
Hogsflesh,  7. 
Hogsmouth,  7. 
Hogwood,  7. 
Hohn,  193. 
Holady,  234. 
Holbrow,  33. 
Holder,  176. 
Holding,  192. 
Hole,  31,  31. 
Holehouse,  170. 
Holford,  133. 


Holl,  49. 
Holland,  95. 
Hollander,  95. 
Hollar,  162. 
Holler,  162. 
Holley,  136. 
Holliday,  155. 
Hollie,  136. 
Hollingworth,  6. 
Holly,  136. 
Holm,  131. 
Holman,  60. 
Holmes,  15. 
Holy  day,  155. 
Holyoke,  136. 
Homer,  37. 
Homes,  168. 
Hon,  263. 

Hone,  179,  193,  207. 
Honey,  66,  67. 
Honeybun,  66. 
Honeycomb,  67,  209. 
Honeyfoot,  80. 
Honeyman,  67. 
Honeywell,  67. 
Honey  wood,  66. 
Honnora,  54. 
Hood,  102. 
Hoodless,  103. 
Hooe,  179. 
Hoofman,  122. 
Hoogs,  247. 
Hook,  31,  119. 
Hooks,  31. 
Hooper,  203,  208. 
Hoops,  208. 
Hope,  6. 
Hopewell,  264. 
Hopkirk,  38. 
Hopman,  204. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


319 


Hopp,  77,  164. 

Hopper,  76,  190. 

Hoppin,  19,  75. 

Hopping,  75. 

Hopps,  77,  164. 

Hor,  263. 

Hore,  35. 

Horgan,  162. 

Horn,  122,  162. 

Hornblower,  162. 

Home,  162. 

Horner,  162. 

Hornet,  124. 

Hornett,  124. 

Hornibrook,  135. 

Hornsman,  162. 

Horseman,  212,  213. 

Horse  well,  133. 

Horsey,  109. 

Horsfall,  212. 

Horsford,  133. 

Horsman,  212,  212. 

Horton,  19. 

Hose,  103. 

Hosea,  235. 

Hosen,  103. 

Hoseum,  102. 

Hosier,  203,  203,  204,  204. 

Hoste,  99. 

Hosum,  102. 

Hotty,  150. 

Hou,  263. 

Houle,  162. 

Houlet,  118. 

Hour,  156. 

Hours,  156. 

House,  168. 

Householder,  205. 

Housekeeper,  205. 

Houseless,  21. 


Houseman,  200. 
Housen,  168. 
Hovel,  169. 
How,  232. 
Howie,  163. 
Howlett,  113. 
Howly,  162. 
Hox,  8. 

Hoy,  8,  197,  263. 
Hoyt,  17. 
Hubbell,  127,  178. 
Hubbs,  204. 
Huber,  247. 
Huckaby,  34. 
Huckstable,  253. 
Huddel,  70. 
Huddleston,  127. 
Hudson,  96. 
Hues,  165. 
Huff,  71. 
Huffy,  71. 
Hug,  91. 
Hugg,  90. 
Huggeford,  133. 
Huggins,  90. 
Hugh,  235,  236. 
Hughes,  237. 
Hui,  9. 
Huil,  247. 
Hull,  140. 
Hum,  232. 
Humber,  96,  96. 
Humble,  64,  74. 
Humbly,  70. 
Humphrey,  235. 
Hunchback,  88.     . 
Hunger,  21. 
Hungerford,  21,  97. 
Hunn,  95. 
Hunniman,  GQ. 


320 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Hunt,  212. 
Hunter,  212. 
Hunting,  212. 
Huntress,  212. 
Hunts,  212. 
Hurd,  107. 
Hurdle,  213. 
Hurll,  222. 
Hum,  247. 
Hurry,  77. 
Hurst,  13. 
Hurt,  223. 
Hurter,  224. 
Husband,  90,  93. 
Husbands,  93, 
Huse,  237. 
Husk,  140. 
Hussey,  39. 
Hut,  169. 
Hutch,  247. 
Hutt,  169,  170. 
Hutty,  170. 
Hyde,  33. 
Hyder,  73. 
Hyer,  80. 
Hyland,  127. 
Hyman,  80. 
Hyndman,  75. 

Iagoe,  29. 
Iasigi,  247. 
Iceland,  96. 
Ide,  8. 
Ideler,  62. 
Idell,  73. 
Idle,  73,  73. 
Idler,  73,  73. 
Idyl,  184. 
Ifill,  22. 
Igo,  10. 


Ihl,  10. 
Hive,  4. 
Ilk,  10. 
Illius,  96. 
Illman,  226. 
Imperial,  201. 
Inch,  159. 
Inchbald,  84. 
Inches,  159. 
Indig,  67. 
Ing,  10. 
Ingersall,  238. 
Ingersoll,  238. 
In  go,  64. 
Ingrain,  251. 
Ingulphus,  149. 
Inkeep,  230. 
Inker,  25. 
Inkhammer,  180. 
Inkhorn,  267. 
Inkpen,  25. 
Inman,  228. 
Inright,  229. 
Insell,  229. 
Inwards,  52. 
Ion,  9. 
Ireland,  95. 
Iremonger,  204. 
Ireton,  67. 
Irish,  95. 
Iron,  175. 
Irons,  175. 
Ironside,  81. 
Ironsydes,  79. 
Isaac,  235. 
Isaacks,  239. 
Isbell,  54. 
Isle,  134. 
Isles,  135. 
Islet,  135. 


INDEX    OF.  SURNAMES. 


321 


[slip,  62,  76. 

Ittem,  187. 
Iue,  8. 
Ivers,  247. 
Ivey,  136,  138. 
Ivor j,  175,  208. 
Ivy,  136. 
Izard,  8. 

Jack,  237,  237. 
Jackett,  101. 
Jackson,  237. 
Jacobs,  237. 
Jagger,  33. 
James,  235,  236. 
Jane,  54,  55. 
Janes,  247. 
Janvarn,  247. 
Janvier,  155. 
Jarman,  180. 
Jasmyn,  143. 
Jasper,  100. 
Jay,  117. 
Jay  cock,  117. 
Jay  cox,  117. 
Jayne,  55. 
Jeanyeaw,  251. 
Jee,  9. 
Jeffs,  253. 
Jelly,  209. 
Jellyraan,  208. 
Jenner,  203. 
Jenney,  54. 
Jent,  83. 
Jerker,  77. 
Jerry,  236. 
Jerusalem,  98. 
Jervar,  248. 
Jessamine,  142. 
Jessar,  247. 


Jesse,  236. 

Jest,  245. 

Jester,  67. 

Jesus,  47. 

Jetter,  148. 

Jewell,  100. 

Jex,  10,  10. 

Jigger,  164. 

Jiggins,  164. 

Jipp,  50. 

Job,  42. 

Jobs,  42. 

Johnson,  237. 

Joiner,  204. 

Joins,  43. 

Joint,  122. 

Jolley,  65,  69. 

Jollie,  69. 

Jolly,  69. 

Jonas,  236.      . 

Jones,  237. 

Jopp,  253. 

Jordan,  96. 
Joseph,  235. 
Joshua,  235. 
Josselyn,  12. 

Jove,  49. 
Joy,  8. 
Joyn,  205. 
Joyner,  204,  206. 
Joynt,  123. 
Jubb,  33. 
Judavine,  253. 
Judd,  248. 
Judge,  186. 
Juery,  188. 
Jugg,  209. 
Juggs,  180. 
Jukes,  253. 
Julius,  155. 


41 


322 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


July,  155. 
Jump,  76. 
Jumper,  75. 
Junck,  211. 
June,  155,  155. 
Jung,  94. 
Junger,  94. 
Junio,  248. 
Junior,  93. 
Junius,  155. 
Junk,  211. 
Jupiter,  49. 

Jurey,  189. 

Jurist,  188. 

Jury,  98,  189. 

Just,  58. 

Justerer,  58. 

Justice,  186,  188. 

Justis,  188. 

Justus,  58,  188. 

Jutt,  80. 

Juvenal,  37. 

Juzezsty,  248. 

Jyons,  175. 

Kab,  10. 
Kah,  8. 
Kaharl,  248. 
Kahn,  199. 
Kahrcher,  248. 
Kakas,  248. 
Kammer,  171. 
Kammerer,  194. 
Kammerling,  204. 
Kandy,  209. 
Kane,  35. 
Kaplin,  248. 
Karker,  62. 
Karr,  253. 
Kas,  10. 


East,  253. 
Katland,  253. 
Katzenellenbogen,  110. 
Kauffman,  226. 
Kauler,  162. 
Kay,  8. 
Kee,  10. 
Keel,  197,  197. 
Keeler,  248. 
Keels,  197. 
Keen,  189. 
Keener,  6. 

Keine,  107. 

Keitt,  216. 

Kell,  248. 

Kells,  248. 

Kemp,  239. 

Ken,  10. 

Kenister,  209. 

Kent,  97. 

Kenyon,  28. 

Keough,  107. 

Ker,  8. 

Kerly,  83. 

Kerse,  233. 

Ketchum,  186. 

Kettell,  32. 

Kettle,  179. 

Kettleman,  204. 

Key,  15,  31. 

Keyes,  31. 

Keyou,  44,  248. 

Keyt,  217. 

Kibbie,  248. 

Kick,  74,  223. 

Kid,  111,  111. 

Kidd,  111,  111. 

Kidney,  50,  122,  123,  267. 
Kiely,  248. 
Kilboy,  219. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


323 


Kilbride,  218. 

Kilcup,  22,  248. 

Kilgore,  218. 

Kill,  220. 

Killer,  218. 

Killhour,  156. 

Killhouse,  170. 

Killin,  218. 

Killinback,  88. 

Killman,  218. 

Killy,  218. 

Kilmaster,  38,  218. 

Kilt,  103. 
•Kilty,  101,  248. 

Kind,  66. 

Kindered,  92. 

Kine,  111. 

King,  19,  198. 

Kingdom,  201. 
Kingman,  198. 
Kingmill,  169. 
Kingrose,  143. 
Kingsland,  38. 
Kink,  74. 
Kin  man,  90. 
Kinmonth,  155. 
Kinne,  90. 
Kinsman,  90. 
Kinsmin,  92. 
Kip,.  9,  10. 
Kipp,  248. 
Kirk,  43,  168. 
Kirkbride,  24,  92. 
Kirkland,  43. 
Kirley,  83. 
Kiss,  91,  92. 
Kissam,  91. 
Kitchen,  171. 
Kite,  217,  217. 
Kittle,  32. 


Kitto,  253. 

Kitts,  108,  110. 

Kitty,  109. 

Kling,  91. 

Klink,  163. 

Klinkheart,  195. 

Klous,  248. 

Klump,  77,  86. 

Knaggs,  107. 

Knapp,  15. 

Knapping,  157. 

Knee,  51. 

Kneebone,  52. 

Kneedler,  104. 

Kneeland,  50. 

Knell,  28. 

Kneller,  28. 

Knies,  50. 

Knight,  155,  218. 

Knipping,  147. 

Knitt,  103. 

Knobbs,  174. 
Knoblock,  174. 
Knock,  222. 
Knodle,  50,  253. 
Knoll,  131. 
Knotmy,  57. 
Knott,  27. 
Knottman,  17. 
Knower,  60,  62. 
Knowles,  127. 
Knox,  20,  222. 
Knubley,  174. 
Kob,  140. 
Kohr,  122. 
Kollar,  104. 
Kolp,  248. 
Koon,  108. 
Koop,  180. 
Kop,  8. 


324 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Kork,  229. 
Kos,  10. 
Kough,  248. 
K.P.R.S.,  75. 
Kraft,  60,  242. 
Krebs,  121. 
Kroes,  113. 
Krout,  145. 
Kruse,  227. 
Kuhn,  60. 
Kill,  10. 
Kuntz,  248. 
Kurr,  107. 
Kutusoff,  13. 
Kux,  267. 
Kwinkelenberg,  1 1 
Kyle,  248. 
Kyte,  216,  217. 

Labell,  183. 
Laber,  205. 
Labor,  205. 
Lace,  105. 
Lack,  21. 
Lackey,  200. 
Lackie,  200. 
Lackland,  192. 
Lackman,  21. 
Lacky,  200. 
Lacock,  114. 
La  Croix,  170. 
Lacus,  129. 
Lacy,  102,  103. 
Ladd,  18,  50.     • 
Laddy,  50. 
Laden,  205. 
Lading,  198. 
Ladle,  180. 
Ladly,  50. 
Lads,  50. 


Ladson,  94. 
Lady,  55. 
Laggon,  75. 
La  Grange,  130. 
La  Guerre,  220. 
La  Harpe,  163. 
Lahm,  83. 
Laird,  199. 
Lake,  133. 
Lakeman,  133. 
Lamb,  107. 
Lambe,  69.. 
Lambkins,  109. 
Lambrook,  135. 
Lambshead,  109. 
Lambson,  107. 
Lamey,  85. 
Lamia,  121. 
Laming,  75. 
Lamkin,  107. 
Lamkins,  111. 
Lamm,  111. 
Lamp,  177. 
Lampe,  176. 
Lampee,  176. 
Lamprey,  119. 
Lampry,  120. 
Lamson,  107. 
Lamy,  83. 
Lancaster,  97. 
Lance,  218,  221. 
Lancey,  218. 
Land,  192. 
Landeau,  213. 
Landend,  131. 
Landesman,  204. 
Landfear,  32. 
Landgrave,  199. 
Landsdown,  129. 
Landsee,  29. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


325 


Lane,  178. 
Lang,  79. 
Langberry,  140. 
Langbotham,  129. 
Langer,  81. 
Langford,  133. 
Langhorne,  87,  122. 
Langmaid,  79. 
Langstaff,  141. 
Langthorn,  138. 
Langtry,  64. 
Lang  worthy,  57. 
Lankeman,  80. 
Lao,  10. 
La  Place,  182. 
Laplass,  86. 
Lapp,  51,  53. 
Lappe,  38. 
Larch,  136. 
Lard,  7. 
Larder,  23. 

Large,  26,  79,  79,  267. 
Largy,  80,  80. 
Lark,  117,  118. 
Larke,  118. 
Larkin,  71. 
Lark  worthy,  118. 
Larky,  73. 
Larner,  185. 
Larvan,  248. 
Lash,  179,  222. 
Lasher,  222,  222. 
Last,  79,  158. 
Lastley,  79. 
Latch,  171,  173. 
Latchat,  248. 
Latchet,  171. 
Later,  79. 
Lath,  171,  173. 
Lathe,  171,  173,207. 


Lathermore,  27. 

Lathers,  27. 

Lathrop,  248. 

L'Atorney,  187. 

Latter,  79. 

Lattin,  185. 

La  Tulippe,  144.  . 

Latz,  248. 

Laud,  233. 

Laun,  129,  132. 

Laundry,  171. 

Lavender,  36. 

Law,  44,  186,  187,  187. 

Lawless,  186. 

Lawman,  187. 

Lawn,  103. 

Lawny,  129. 

Lawrell,  137. 

Lawrence,  98,  235. 

Laws,  19,  186. 

Lay,  8,  162,  183. 

Lay  cock,  114. 

Laye,  184. 

Layfield,  128. 

Layman,  24. 

Lazarus,  5. 

Lazier,  61,  75. 

Lea,  129. 

Leach,  227. 

Leacock,  114. 

Leadbeater,  203,  204. 

Leadbitter,  228. 

Leader,  75. 

Leadle,  180. 

Leaf,  139. 

Leafy,  139. 

Leah,  54. 

Leake,  149. 

Leaker,  72. 

Leal,  58. 


326 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Learning,  253. 
Lean,  80,  83. 
Leans,  85. 
Leap,  76. 
Leaper,  76. 
Lear,  86. 
Learing,  86.  - 
Learmouth,  87. 
Learn,  185. 
Learned,  183. 
Learock,  131. 
Lears,  86. 
Leathe,  96. 
Leather,  208. 
Leatherbee,  124. 
Leatherhead,  81,  88. 
Leatherman,  206. 
Leathern,  81. 
Leathers,  102. 
Leathersellers,  203. 
Leave,  71. 
Leavens,  248. 
Leaver,  71. 
Lebel,  36. 
Le  Chat,  110. 
Lechmere,  239. 
Lecktus,  248. 
Leddy,  54. 
Ledger,  185. 
Ledman,  62. 
Ledyard,  160. 
Lee,  8,  128. 
Leear,  86. 
Leech,  125,  227. 
Leeds,  97. 
Leek,  143,  143. 
Leeksin,  149. 
Lees,  38,  122,  231. 
Leet,  186,  186,  248. 
Leete,  186. 


Lefever,  226. 
Lefloor,  172. 
Leg,  51. 
Legal,  187,  187 
Legate,  199.    . 
Legg,  50. 
Leggate,  199. 
Leggett,  75. 
Legging,  103. 
Legless,  88. 
Legroo,  248. 
Leib,  52. 
Leicester,  97. 
Leman,  39,  96. 
Lemire,  248. 
Lemmon,  141. 
Lemon,  27,  28. 
Len,  10. 
Lendall,  196. 

Lender,  193. 

Le  Noir,  165. 

Lenover,  86. 

Lenox,  97. 

Lens,  182,  183. 

Lent,  155. 

Lentell,  145. 

Leo,  107. 

Leoman,  107. 

Leonard,  235. 

Leopold,  235. 

Lepard,  111. 

Lepeau,  253. 

Lepel,  36. 

Lepper,  226. 

Lerch,  198. 

Lercock,  114. 

Le  Row,  214. 

Le  Sage,  62. 
,  Leslie,  198. 

Lessen,  82. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


327 


Lesser,  81,  82,  82. 

Lessmore,  29. 

Lest,  82. 

L'Estrange,  62. 

Letcher,  40. 

Lethead,  96. 

Letter,  185. 

Letterman,  184,  185. 

Lettish,  145. 

Letts,  234,  248. 

Letus,  234. 

Lenise,  54. 

Level,  127. 

Lever,  182,  183. 

Leverett,  107. 

Levi,  235. 

Levy,  186. 

Lew,  9,  214. 

Leward,  197. 

Lewis,  235. 

Lex,  188. 

Ley,  10. 

Leys,  60,  186. 

L'Homedieu,  58. 

Libby,  18,  54. 

Liberty,  50. 

Licet,  232. 

Liddy,  54. 

Lien,  186. 

Life,  4. 

Liftchild,  169. 

Light,  81. 

Lightbody,  81,  85,  85. 

Lightburn,  135. 

Lightcap,  104. 

Lightfeet,  76. 

Lightfoot,  75,  75,  76,  76,  85. 

Lighthall,  170,  173. 

Lighthead,  61. 

Lightnin,  147. 


Lightstone,  30. 

Lightup,  150. 

Lightwine,  230. 

Likely,  62. 

Likens,  92. 

Likes,  92. 

Lilley,  142. 

Lillibridge,  178. 

Lillie,  142. 

Lilly,  29. 

Lillyman,  142. 

Lily,  142. 

Lima,  97. 

Lime,  138. 

Limpin,  75. 

Linck,  160. 

Lind,  25,  136. 

Linden,  138. 

Lindenbauer,  136. 

Lindsey,  207. 

Line,  182,  182. 

Lineback,  85. 
Linen,  102,  105,  105. 
Lines,  182,  182,  183,  207. 
Linglater,  253. 
Lingo,  185. 
Ling  water,  134. 
Lining,  104. 
Link,  160,  160. 
Linke,  160. 
Linkhornew,  245. 
Linn,  97. 
Linnen,  105. 
Linnet,  113,  117. 
Linzee,  207. 
Lipman,  61. 
Lipp,  52,  53,  53. 
Lippe,  52,  53. 
Lippman,  61,  83. 
Lipps,  53. 


828 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Lips,  53. 
Lipsay,  68. 
Liptrap,  83. 
Lisco,  242. 
Liset,  54. 
Lish,  248. 
Lissa,  55. 
List,  234. 
Lister,  29. 
Littell,  81. 
Little,  26,  81. 
Little  and  Brown,  82. 
Littledale,  127. 
Littlefield,  128,  192. 
Littlehale,  79. 
Littlehead,  80. 
Littlejohn,  235,  237. 
Littler,  81. 
Littlewood,  128. 
Littleyman,  81. 
Liup,  74. 
Lively,  65,  68. 
Liver,  226. 
Livermore,  50. 
Liversedge,  97. 
Livery,  105. 
Livey,  55. 
Living,  4. 
Livingstone,  129. 
Lloyd,  251. 
Lo,  232. 
Loan,  197. 
Lob,  10. 
Loback,  267. 
Lobb,  248,  253. 
Locke,  31. 
Locker,  173. 
Lockett,  100,  105. 
Lockhead,  61. 
Locock,  1 1 4. 


Lodge,  169. 
Lofe,  208. 
Loftus,  248. 
Lofty,  79,  88. 
Loheed,  71. 
Lombard,  95. 
London,  97. 
Lone,  39. 

Long,  26,  79,  80,  82. 
Longacre,  130,  132. 
Longbottom,  131,  132. 
Longbrow,  80. 
Longcope,  104. 
Longdo,  248. 
Longenecker,  88. 
Longer,  80. 
Longest,  82. 
Longeway,  178. 
Longfellow,  15,  79. 
Longhammer,  180. 
Longhead,  61. 
Longhouse,  170. 
Longley,  128. 
Longman,  80. 
Longmire,  130. 
Longmore,  80,  92. 
Longpin,  85. 
Longshore,  135. 
Longstaff,  141,  141. 
Longstreet,  178,  178. 
Longwell,  227. 
Longworth,  57. 
Loning,  193. 
Look,  86,  234. 
Looker,  72,  87. 
Lookmire,  131. 
Loom,  210. 
Loomer,  79,  80. 
Loop,  102,  104. 
Loopin,  85. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


329 


Loose j,  214. 

Lootz,  248. 

Loppin,  85. 

Loquest,  248. 

Lor,  10,  234. 

Lorain,  95. 

Lord,  198. 

Lordly,  70. 

Lorell,  137. 

Loring,  95. 

Lorrain,  36. 
i  Lose j,  214. 

Losie,  215. 

Loskamp,  73. 

Loss,  216. 

Loth,  43. 

Lothrop,  248. 

Lots,  215. 

Lott,  215. 

Lotts,  214. 

Loud,  162. 

Louder,  163. 

L'Ouvrier,  205. 

Love,  5,  6. 

Loveday,  157. 

Lovejoy,  65. 

Lovelace,  101,  101,  103,  106. 

Loveland,  192. 

Loveless,  91. 

Lovell,  137. 

Lovely,  86. 

Lover,  6. 

Lovewell,  90. 

Lovibond,  33. 

Loving,  6,  265. 

Low,  8,  81. 

Lowbridge,  178. 

Lowd,  162. 

Lowder,  162. 

Lowell,  15,  98. 


Lowenthal,  130. 

Lower,  81,  82,  82. 

Lowman,  81,  82. 

Lowrey,  68. 

Lowry,  68,  147. 

Lox,  10. 

Loy,  10. 

Loyall,  38. 

Lubke,  248. 

Lucey,  54. 

Luck,  216,  216. 

Luckcock,  115. 

Lucke,  216. 

Luckey,  215. 

Luckis,  214. 

Luckles,  214. 

Lucre,  193. 

Lucy,  54. 
Luff,  197,  198. 
Lug,  8,  78. 
Luke,  235. 
Lull,  147. 
Lum,  9. 

Lumber,  151,  171. 
Lumbkin,  14. 
Lumex,  60. 
Lumpkin,  63. 
Lumpp,  80. 
Lumpy,  88. 
Lundoner,  98. 
Lunerus,  253. 
Lung,  51. 
Lunnin,  97. 
Lunnon,  97. 
Lurch,  71. 
Lus,  10. 
Lusher,  253. 
Lust,  242. 
Lute,  163. 
Luter,  163. 


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330 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Luther,  235. 
Lutz,  162,  248. 
Luz,  10. 
Lydea,  55. 
Lye,  64,  65,  73,  79. 
Lyer,  64. 
Lyke,  58. 
Lyman,  203. 
Lyme,  136. 
Lymeburner,  204. 
Lymire,  131. 
Lynch,  32,  222,  258. 
Lynn,  97,  133. 
Lyon,  107. 
Lyons,  97. 
Lysight,  248. 
Lytherland,  253. 
Lytle,  81. 

Mabb,  48. 
Mabee,  124. 
Macbeth,  25,  267. 
Mace,  186,  201,  207. 
Maceroni,  209. 
Mackay,  20. 
Macula,  25. 
Maddam,  54. 
Madden,  222. 
Maddox,  107. 
Made,  102. 
Mader,  66. 
Madera,  229. 
Madge,  55. 
Maggi,  54. 

Magner,  248. 
Magnoni,  19. 
Magnus,  79. 
Magog,  27. 
Magot,  124. 


Mailhouse,  168. 
Main,  133. 
Maine,  95. 
Mair,  248. 
Maison,  169. 
Maize,  145. 
Major,  199. 
Makem,  102. 
Makepeace,  42. 
Maker,  102,  205. 

Makings,  103. 

Malay,  95. 

Maldt,  207. 

Male,  54. 

Malenfant,  59. 

Males,  54. 

Malison,  233. 

Mallet,  179,  180,  207. 

Mallows,  142. 

Maltman,  206. 

Man,  8,  49. 

Manage,  59. 

Manchester,  97. 

Mandrake,  117. 

Mange,  225. 

Mangles,  218. 

Mangy,  84. 

Manifold,  99. 

Manix,  248. 

Manks,  248. 

Manley,  60,  221. 

Manlover,  56. 

Mann,  49. 

Manname,  99. 

Manners,  86,  86. 
Mannywitch,  68. 

Mansfield,  128. 
Manship,  57. 
Mansion,  169. 
Mansise,  79,  253. 


INDIA     OF    SURNAMES. 


331 


Mantell,  173. 
Manuel,  235. 
Many,  98,  98,  98,  99. 
Many  penny,  192. 
Maples,  137,  138. 
Maralious,  248. 
Marble,  175. 
March,  155,  218. 
Marchall,  219. 
Marcus,  236. 
Marcy,  260. 
Mare,  111. 
Maress,  54. 
Marian,  54. 
Mariana,  55. 
Marigold,  142,  144. 
Marine,  197,  204. 
Mariner,  203. 
Marjoram,  28,  227. 
Mark,  191. 
Markes,  191. 
Market,  171. 
Markey,  183. 
Marks,  191. 
Markthaler,  190. 
Markwell,  214. 
Marl,  128. 
Marley,  131. 
Marmaduke,  236. 
Marmet,  109. 
Mann  ion,  25. 
Marquis,  198. 
Marriman,  92. 
Marrow,  122. 
Marry,  91. 
Mars,  47. 
Marsh,  128,  240. 
Marshall,  186. 
Marshfield,  128. 
Mart,  198. 


Marter,  68. 

Martin,  113,  116,  257. 
Martindale,  118,  129. 
Marts,  197. 
Martyn,  116. 
Martyr,  48,  264. 
Marvel,  40. 
Marvell,  40. 
Mas,  10. 
Mash,  220. 
Mask,  24. 
Masker,  60,  217. 
Maskyline,  56. 
Mason,  202. 
Masse,  127,  182. 
Massman,  80. 
Massy,  127. 
Mast,  197,  197,  198. 
Master,  50. 
Masterman,  50. 
Masters,  199,  201. 
Mastick,  175. 
Math,  248. 
Matt,  176. 
Matte,  176. 
Matter,  182. 
Mattock,  179,  207. 
Mattox,  253. 
Mattrass,  176. 
Maud,  54. 
Maudling,  73. 
Maul,  222,  223. 
Maule,  32. 
Maw,  51,  53. 
Mawe,  52. 
Mawman,  87. 
Max,  10. 
Maxhum,  184. 
Maxim,  183. 
May,  2,  8,  155. 


832 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


May  all,  155. 
Maybank,  132. 
Maybee,  124. 
May  bell,  144. 
Mayberry,  140. 
May  cock,  114. 
Mayer,  199. 
Mayers,  199. 
Maylief,  138. 
Mayntz,  97. 
May  son,  155. 
McAdam,  258. 
McBurney,  149. 
McDuff,  12. 
McFond,  90. 
McGory,  218. 
Mc  Granary,  144. 
McHose,  104. 
McNoon,  157. 
McQuestion,  72. 
McVicker,  199. 
Mead,  21,  128. 
Meadow,  128. 
Meadowcraft,  128,  132. 
Meadows,  130. 
Meads,  128. 
Mealey,  67,  203. 
Meals,  81. 
Mean,  60. 
Meaning,  242. 
Means,  190. 
Mear,  42. 
Measel,  226. 
Measure,  159. 
Measures,  159. 
Meatman,  23. 
Mecum,  99,  248. 
Meddix,  248. 
Medler,  204. 
Medley,  99. 


Mee,  9. 

Meech,  70. 
Meeching,  70. 
Meek,  63,  70. 
Meeker,  63,  70. 
Meekey,  63. 
Meels,  23. 
Meene,  195. 
Megson,  54. 
Meigs,  15. 
Meiklejohn,  236. 
Meil,  159. 
Meiser,  194. 
Melady,  163. 
Melius,  58. 
Mellon,  142. 
Mellow,  21. 
Melody,  162,  163. 
Melon,  142,  145. 
Melvin,  235. 
Memory,  65. 
Mence,  33. 
Mend,  102. 
Mendall,  102. 
Mende,  102. 
Mendenhall,  104. 
Mendum,  102. 
Mercer,  203. 
Merchant,  203. 
Mercy,  54,  66,  66. 
Merino,  108. 
Merrifield,  128. 
Merriman,  65,  66. 
Merritt,  57. 
Merri  wether,  147. 
Merry,  65. 
Mersey,  96. 
Mesh,  99. 
Mesick,  225. 
MesilL  226. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


833 


Mess,  22. 
Messer,  227. 
Messmore,  227. 
Messum,  227. 
Metcalf,  107. 
Method,  183. 
Mew,  162. 
Mewhir,  110. 
Mickell,  193. 
Mickle,  193. 
Micklefield,  192. 
Mico,  253. 
Midcalf,  109. 
Middlebrooks,  161. 
Middlecott,  238. 
Middleditch,  129. 
Middlehook,  161. 
Middlemiss,  155. 
Middlestadt,  168. 
Middlewood,  132. 
Midford,  134,  134. 
Midnight,  157. 
Midwinter,  154,  155. 
Migeod,  233. 
Might,  199. 
Mighter,  199. 
Mildmay,  155,  155. 
Mile,  159,  160. 
Miles,  159. 
Milk,  207,  208. 
Milkey,  208. 
Milkman,  203. 
Mill,  190. 
Millbank,  133. 
Millbanks,  133. 
Millener,  100. 
Miller,  203. 
Millet,  27,  144. 
Million,  158. 
Millions,  191. 


Mills,  169. 
Millsaps,  250. 
Milman,  203. 
Milo,  248. 
Milrose,  143. 
Milsop,  61. 
Milton,  37,  97,  239. 
Milward,  203. 
Mincing,  84. 
Minel,  248. 
Miner,  203. 
Mines,  130. 
Mingle,  99,  99. 
Mingo,  248. 
Mining,  203. 
Mink,  107,  109. 
Minnett,  156. 
Minor,  93,  93. 
Minster,  169,  171. 
Minter,  189. 
Minuter,  163. 
Mirracle,  4. 
Mishler,  34. 
Miss,  56. 
Missing,  97. 
Mist,  148. 
Mitnacht,  157. 
Mitten,  102. 
Mitts,  102. 
Mitty,  102. 
Mix,  227. 
Mixer,  227,  245. 
Moan,  66,  67. 
Moat,  31,  128. 
Mobbs,  99. 
Mobley,  265. 
Mock,  71,  245. 
Mode,  25,  102. 
Model,  58. 
Modhull,  59. 


334 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Moe,  8,  10. 
Moen,  68. 
Moffatt,  248. 
Mohn,  68. 
Mohun,  243. 
Mole,  108,  111. 
Moles,  109. 
Moll,  54. 
Mollison,  54.  < 
Mollmati,  54. 
Molly,  55. 
Molson,  237. 
Mon,  10. 

Monarch,  198,  201. 
Monarque,  199. 
Mond,  48* 
Monday,  2,  155. 
Mone,  67. 
Money,  190. 
Moneypenny,  190. 
Monk,  203. 
Monks,  54. 
Monod,  161. 
Montcalm,  109. 
Monte,  214. 
Mony,  190. 
Monypenny,  193. 
Mood,  183. 
Moody,  66. 
Moon,  48,  48. 
Moone,  48. 
Mooney,  21. 
Moor,  128. 
Moorcock,  114. 
Moorfield,  127. 
Moorhead,  128. 
Moorhouse,  168. 
Moos,  107. 
Moper,  69. 
Moral,  58. 


Morano,  17. 
Morass,  128. 
Morasse,'  132. 
More,  192. 
Morecock,  114. 
Morehead,  32. 
Morehouse,  192. 
Morewood^l51. 
Morgenroth,  157. 
Morgenstern,  157. 
Mo  rgen  thaler,  157. 
Morn,  157. 
Morningstar,  157. 
Moro,  248. 
Morphy,  26. 
Morrow,  156. 
Mors,  5. 
Morse,  199. 
Morsel,  22. 
Mort,  5. 
Morton,  257. 
Moser,  71. 
Moses,  63,  235. 
Moss,  138,  139,  140. 
Mossman,  138. 
Most,  42. 
Mote,  45. 
Moth,  124. 
Mothersell,  24. 
Motherwell,  228. 
Motion,  227. 
Motley,  15. 
Motto  w,  184. 
Mould,  27. 
Mouldsdale,  127. 
Mount,  127,  131. 
Mountain,  127,  130,  131 
Mounteny,  131. 
Mountford,  133. 
•  Mousall,  71. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


335 


Mouse,  111,  125. 
Mouseall,  71. 
Mousley,  108. 
Mow,  8. 
Mowe,  203. 
Mower,  203. 
Mowle,  108. 
Moy,  8,  10. 
Mozart,  25. 
Muchemore,  192. 
Muchmore,  192. 
Muckelberry,  141. 
Mudd,  14,  128,  130. 
Muddiford,  133. 
Muddle,  63,  231. 
Mudford,  133. 
Mudridge,  130. 
Muff,  104. 
Mugford,  133. 
Mugridge,  22,  229. 
Muir,  128. 
Muirhead,  128. 
Mulberry,  140. 
Mull,  229,  229. 
Mullen,  227. 
Mullery,  229. 
Mullet,  119. 
Mullett,  119. 
Mullincup,  229. 
Mumbler,  72. 
Mumby,  72. 
Mumler,  72. 
Mumm,  70. 
Mumraa,  5. 
Mun,  8,  51. 
Munch,  23,  267. 
Munday,  156. 
Mundy,  156. 
Muneig,  248. 
Munger,  34,  204. 


Munk,  23. 
Munn,  51. 
Munnings,  15. 
Munns,  50,  53. 
Muse,  184,  185. 
Musick,  163. 
Musk,  105. 
Musket,  220. 
Muskett,  221,  221. 
Musliner,  105. 
Mussalman,  23. 
Mussel,  121,  125. 
Musselman,  24. 
Mustard,  209. 
Muster,  220. 
Musters,  220. 
Musy,  185. 
Mutch,  194. 
Muter,  72. 
Mutter,  91. 

Mutton,  109,  111,  125. 
Myer,  128. 
Myers,  128. 
Mygatt,  233. 
My  he,  234. 
Myhell,  49. 
Myles,  159. 
Myrtle,  136. 
Myser,  193. 

Nabb,  186. 
Nack,  64. 
Naevius,  88. 
Naf,  10. 
Nagel,  50. 
Naggs,  111. 
Nagle,  50. 
Nail,  53,  211. 
Nam,  10. 
Namer,  99. 


1336 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Nance,  54. 
Napp,  26. 
Nappen,  26. 
Naptin,  253. 
Nares,  33. 
Naromore,  42. 
Narromore,  248. 
Narrowcoat,  104. 
Nash,  19. 
Nassau,  36. 
Nat,  124. 
Natale,  5. 
Nathan,  235,  236. 
Nathanson,  237. 
Nation,  99. 
Natt,  124,  236. 
Nau,  8. 

Navy,  196,  197. 
Nax,  10. 
Nay,  8,  42. 
Naylor,  203. 
Naymire,  131. 
Nead,  21. 
Neadler,  180. 
Neal,  28. 
Near,  91,  160. 
Neary,  91. 
Neat,  83. 
Nece,  92. 
Neck,  51,  52. 
Nee,  10,  265. 
Need,  21,  21. 
Needham,  97. 
Needle,  106. 
Needles,  104. 
Needs,  21. 
Neer,  76. 
Nees,  53. 
Nefew,  91. 
Neff,  91. 


Negus,  22. 

Neighbor,  90. 

Neighbour,  90. 

Nell,  54. 

Nelson,  237. 

Nere,  66. 

Nerey,  42. 

Nero,  35. 

Netherclift,  130. 

Nettle,  142,  145. 

Nettles,  143. 

Neu,  10. 

Nevers,  42. 

New,  8,  13. 

Newback,  226. 

Newbegin,  44. 

Newberth,  44. 

Newbury,  97. 

Newcomb,  102. 

Newgate,  24. 

Newhall,  171. 

Newhouse,  168,  168,  169,170. 

Newkirk,  171. 

Newlove,  91. 

Newman,  44,  83. 

Newraarch,  218,  219. 

Newport,  97. 

Newton,  97. 

Newts,  125. 

Ney,  10,  14. 

Nibbet,  185. 

Nibbs,  183. 

Nice,  85. 

Nicholas,  235. 

Nichols,  237. 

Nick,  236. 

Nickle,  175. 

Nicks,  214. 

Nicodemus,  236. 

Nicolson,  258. 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


337 


Nigh,  76. 
Night,  155,  157. 
Nightingale,  113,  118. 
Nihell,  45. 
Nihill,  46. 
Nile,  96,  96. 
Nill,  45,  46. 
Nine,  2,  158. 
Nippes,  195. 
Nitch,  174. 
Nitzsch,  44. 
Nix,  8,  10,  214. 
Noad,  250. 
Noah,  236,  236. 
Nobbs,  174. 
Nobis,  98. 
Noble,  198. 
Nock,  222,  222. 
Noddell,  46. 
Nodder,  175. 
"Noddle,  46. 
Noe,  43. 
Nogget,  38. 
Noland,  192. 
Noll,  237,  248. 
Noodle,  63. 
Noon,  157,  157,  157. 
Nooning,  157. 
Norah,  56. 
Norcross,  152. 
Norman,  95.' 
North,  152,  152. 
Northend,  152. 
Northey,  152. 
Norths  tream,  152. 
North  wood,  153. 
Norway,  96. 
Norwich,  239. 
Nose,  51. 
Noser,  72. 


Notman,  57. 
Nott,  42. 
Nourse,  203. 
Now,  156. 
Nox,  155,  157. 
Noyes,  30,  162,  243. 
Noyse,  162. 
Nuckle,  53. 
Nudd,  248. 
Nudle,  61. 
Null,  42. 
Nunn,  54. 
Nunns,  24. 
Nurse,  203. 
Nuss,  206. 
Nusser,  204. 
Nut,  8,  140. 
Nutbrown,  165. 
Nute,- 125. 
Nutman,  140. 
Nutt,  140. 
Nutter,  14,  203. 
Nutting,  19,  140. 
Nutts,  140. 
Nutze,  140. 
Nye,  8,  243,  248. 

0,8. 

Oak,  136. 
Oakeman,  136. 
Oakes,  136. 
Oakey,  137. 
Oakford,  133. 
Oakley,  137. 
Oakman,  136,  145. 
Oaks,  136. 
Oanabus,  253. 
Oar,  197. 
Oat,  145,  145. 
Oates,  145. 


43 


338 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Oatman,  144. 

Omnibus,  98. 

Oats,  38,  145,  145. 

Once,  159. 

Ocella,  88. 

One,  158. 

Och,  8. 

Onely,  158,  159. 

O'Chaise,  212. 

Ong,  8. 

Ochiltree,  137. 

Onion,  144. 

Ochs,  107. 

Only,  232. 

Ochterlony,  253,  254. 

Onslow,  29. 

Octeau,  159. 

Onthank,  248. 

Oddy,  60. 

Onyx,  100. 

Odin,  47. 

Oomen,  233. 

Odion,  169. 

Opol,  100. 

Odlin,  253. 

Opp,  10. 

Ody,  46. 

Opperman,  199. 

Oeding,  248. 

Oral,  72. 

Oeh,  234. 

Orange,  141. 

Oel,  10. 

Orchard,  128,  132 

Off,  234. 

Ord,  8,  10. 

Officer,  221. 

Ore,  134,  134. 

Offor,  196. 

Orf,  10. 

Ogels,  86. 

Organ,  162. 

Ogg,  27. 

Orgill,  248. 

Ogle,  86. 

Origen,  183. 

Ogleman,  87. 

Ork,  10. 

Ohl,  10. 

Orphan,  91. 

Ohrongloweis,  11. 

Orr,  8,  232,  232. 

Oill,  177. 

Orsini,  110. 

Oke,  10. 

Ort,  10. 

Old,  93. 

Orto,  248. 

Oldacre,  130. 

Orum,  230. 

Oldfather,  94. 

Orvice,  248. 

Oldiield,  129,  132. 

Osier,  212,  212. 

Oldman,  94. 

Ost,  10. 

Olds,  93. 

Ostler,  38. 

Oldson,  94. 

Osyer,  139. 

Olive,  142,  145. 

Otey,  144. 

Oliver,  235. 

Otheman,  57. 

Olscamps,  38. 

Other,  98. 

Olt,  10. 

Otherman,  57. 

Olyfather,  233. 

Otis,  243,  248. 

INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


339 


Ott,  10,  10,  10. 
Otter,  110,  111,  111. 
Otto,  36. 
Otz,  10. 
Ouellet,  117. 
Ough,  234. 
Ought,  42. 
Ould,  68. 
Outhouse,  169. 
Outlaw,  73. 
Outwater,  133. 
Ovens,  151,  151,  151. 
Ovenshire,  151. 
Over,  232. 
Overall,  104. 
Overfield,  132. 
Overhalt,  76. 
Overlocke,  174. 
Overmire,  131. 
Overmore,  42. 
Oviatt,  248. 
Owens,  13. 
Ower,  195. 
Owings,  194. 
Owler,  118. 
Owley,  118. 
Ownes,  194. 
Oxenb  ridge,  107. 
Oxford,  97,  267. 
Oxman,  107. 
Oxnard,  107. 
Oxx,  8,  107,  111. 
Oyles,  177. 
Oyster,  121. 
Oysterman,  204. 

Pacer,  213. 
Pack,  216,  216. 
Packer,  203. 
Packet,  209. 


Padden,  102. 
Paddock,  125. 
Paddy,  39. 
Padelford,  133. 
Padmore,  104. 
Paer,  193. 
Paffrags,  251. 
Pagan,  23,  24. 
Page,  50,  200. 
Paiba,  253. 
Pail,  209. 
Painter,  203. 
Pair,  99. 
Paist,  208. 
Paler,  165. 
Paley,  165. 
Palfrey,  107. 
Paling,  173. 
Pallas,  47. 
Pallat,  53. 
Pallet,  53. 
Palm,  137,  137. 
Palmer,  203. 
Pancoast,  135. 
Pander,  40. 
Pangborn,  57. 
Pann,  180. 
Panne,  179. 
Pannell,  174. 
Panting,  80. 
Papa,  91. 
Papps,  51,  53. 
Papworth,  208. 
Paquet,  27. 
Par,  120. 
Paradee,  185. 
Paradise,  48. 
Paragon,  74. 
Paramore,  40. 
Parban,  248. 


340 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Parcells,  27. 
Parcher,  150. 
Pardee,  233. 
Pardo,  33. 
Pardon,  66,  67. 
Pare,  250. 
Parent,  91,  91. 
Parey,  185. 
Pargiter,  33. 
Parish,  168. 
Park,  128. 
Parker,  128,  203. 
Parkhill,  131. 
Parkhurst,  128,  239. 
Parkman,  128,  203. 
Parks,  128. 
Parleir,  173. 
Parlor,  172,  173,  173. 
Parlour,  173. 
Parr,  120,  237. 
Parradee,  184. 
Parremore,  40. 
Parris,  97. 
Parrott,  113,  116. 
Parrotts,  113. 
Parryman,  219. 
Parsells,  27. 
Parshall,  91. 
Parshley,  144,  248. 
Parsill,  27. 
Parslee,  144. 
Parsley,  145. 
Parson,  23. 
Parsons,  15,  23. 
Parter,  67. 

Partheimuller,  11,  248. 
Partington,  29. 
Partridge,  113. 
Parts,  99. 
Parview,  234. 


Pasco,  248. 
Pase,  250. 
Pasquino,  256. 
Pass,  76,  220. 
Passavow,  43. 
Passe,  218,  221. 
Passedu,  248. 
Passmore,  77. 
Past,  155. 
Pastor,  24. 
Pastree,  209. 
Patch,  26. 

Pate,  51,  52,  52,  53. 
Paters,  91. 
Paterson,  91. 
Path,  179. 
Pathe,  178. 
Pathman,  179. 
Patience,  71. 
Patient,  70,  226. 
Patina,  181. 
Patrick,  235. 
Pattee,  54. 
Patten,  102. 
Pattern,  57. 
Paul,  235. 
Paulk,  248. 
Paulsen,  239. 
Paulus,  88. 
Paunch,  52. 
Paus,  122. 
Pax,  220. 
Paye,  192,  193. 
Payfer,  204. 
Payment,  194. 
Payne,  21. 
Pea,  146. 
Peabody,  146. 
Peace,  221. 
Peaceable,  221. 


index  of   surnames. 


341 


Peaceport,  221. 

Peaces,  99. 

Peach,  141,  142,  142,  145. 

Peachy,  141. 

Peack,  129. 

Peacock,  114. 

Pead,  33. 

Peak,  127. 

Peake,  127. 

Peaks,  127. 

Peal,  163,  163. 

Peanot,  140. 

Pear,  141,  142. 

Pearl,  100. 

Pearraain,  141. 

Pears,  141. 

Pearsells,  27. 

Pearson,  241. 

Peart,  63. 

Peas,  146. 

Peaseod,  143. 

Pease,  144,  146. 

Peat,  13,  128,  132. 

Peatt,  132. 

Pebble,  129,  134. 

Pebbles,  128,  133,  253. 

Peck,  159,  159. 

Pecker,  113. 

Peckover,  74. 

Pedder,  245. 

Peddle,  206. 

Pedigree,  99. 

Pedlar,  203. 

Pee,  8. 

Peek,  72,  73,  74. 

Peeker,  73. 

Peele,  27. 

Peeler,  70. 

Peeling,  141,  142. 

Peep,  113. 


Peer,  72,  199. 
Peerless,  58. 
Peers,  198. 
Peet,  128. 
Peets,  128. 
Peg,  172. 
Pegg,  172,  173. 
Pegge,  54. 
Pelize,  104. 
Pellerin,  103. 
Pellet,  43. 
Pellett,  228. 
Pember,  248. 
Pence,  191. 
Pender,  248. 
Pendergrass,  248. 
Pendexter,  248. 
Penfold,  250. 
Penman,  185. 
Penn,  25. 
Pennant,  219,  220. 
Penney,  193. 
Penniman,  191. 
Penny,  191,  193. 
Penny  father,  191. 
Pennypacker,  191. 
Penphraise,  185. 
Pension,  192,  196. 
Pent,  79. ' 
Pentecost,  155. 
Pentland,  127. 
Penwell,  185. 
Peoples,  98,  99,  253. 
Peple,  99. 

Pepper,  28,  207,  210. 
Pepperell,  210. 
Peppers,  207. 
Peppiloco,  253. 
Pepys,  71,  253. 
Percival,  15. 


342 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Perdue,  250. 
Perfect,  58,  59,  59. 
Pering,  33. 
Perk,  100. 
Perkins,  237. 
Perley,  100. 
Pero,  248. 
Perrigo,  253. 
Perrum,  253. 
Perry,  141. 
Person,  98. 
Personette,  82. 
Personne,  241. 
Persons,  98. 
Pert,  63. 
Perwort,  253. 
Pesant,  204. 
Pesbeth,  253. 
Pest,  122. 
Pestel,  179. 
Pester,  66. 
Petel,  253. 
Peter,  235. 
Peterkin,  236,  237. 
Peters,  237. 
Peterson,  237. 
Peterwharf,  238. 
Petit,  81. 
Pett,  91. 
Pettee,  81. 

Pettibone,  81,  85,  85. 
Petts,  90. 
Petty,  81,  83. 
Pevear,  248. 
Pew,  170,  170. 
Pews,  170. 
Pewter,  175. 
Pey,  10. 
Pfaff,  24. 
Pfeiffer,  163. 


Pfifer,  163. 
Pfister,  223,  223. 
Phalen,  59. 
Pharnanbucey,  226. 
Pharo,  215. 
Phelon,  225. 
Phese,  66. 
Phillis,  54. 
Phillpot,  22. 
Philo,  235. 
Philopot,  231. 
Phinney,  31. 
Phippen,  243. 
Phister,  248. 
Phoenix,  117. 
Phonk,  61. 
Phy,  234. 
Phyfe,  162. 
Physic,  43. 
Pia,  10. 
Picard,  95. 
Pick,  192,  193. 
Pickel,  210,  210. 
Pickell,  207,  210. 
Picken,  193. 
Pickens,  192,  192. 
Pickett,  171. 
Pickill,  210. 
Pickle,  210. 
Pickles,  207,  209. 
Pickmore,  193,  193. 
Pickstone,  33. 
Pickup,  195. 
Pickwick,  267. 
Picup,  192. 
Pid,  8. 

Pidgeon,  113. 
Pidgin,  113. 
Pie,  209. 
Pieper,  71,  72. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


34:3 


Pier,  197. 
Pierce,  218,  237. 
Pierpont,  239,  242. 
Piers,  197. 
Pies,  209. 
.  Pietas,  58. 
Piety,  73. 
Piewell,  209. 
Pigeon,  113. 
Pigg,  6. 
Piggott,  248. 
Pighog,  6,  175. 
Pigrim,  248. 
Pike,  119,  218. 
Pilatte,  35. 
Pilbeam,  227. 
Piles,  225,  226. 
Pill,  228. 
Pillars,  172. 
Pilley,  228. 
Pilling,  226,  227. 
Pillman,  227. 
Pillow,  32. 
Pillsbury,  227. 
Pilot,  197,  206. 
Pilott,  203. 
Pirn,  10,  10. 
Pimbrick,  175. 
Pimm,  253. 
Pimple,  225. 
Pinch,  194. 
Pinchbeck,  192. 
Pincoffs,  104. 
Pindar,  37. 
Pine,  136,  137. 
Pineo,  136. 
Pine j,  81. 
Pinhorn,  104. 
Pinion,  31. 
Pink,  143,  145. 


Pinkham,  218. 

Pinkman,  142. 

Pinks,  142. 

Pinner,  104. 

Pinny,  102. 

Pinor,  71. 

Pinter,  248. 

Pinto,  254. 

Pinyard,  104. 

Pipe,  29,  207. 

Piper,  162. 

Pippe,  117. 

Pippey,  115. 

Pippin,  141. 

Pippy,  115,  117. 

Piquet,  214. 

Pirks,  100. 

Pish,  234. 

Pishon,  233,  248. 

Piso,  181. 

Pistol,  221. 
Pitchbottom,  131. 
Pitcher,  179,  180. 
Pitman,  203. 
Pitrat,  248. 
Pitt,  37. 
Pittee,  66. 
Pittey,  66. 
Pitts,  13,  31. 
Pittsinger,  162. 
Pitty,  66. 

Place,  119,  160,  182. 
Plageman,  248. 
Plaice,  119. 
Plain,  85.       * 
Plaines,  129. 
Plains,  129. 
Plamboeck,  241. 
Plancus,  88. 
Planequet,  248. 


344 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Planert,  49. 

Planes,  182. 

Plank,  171,  173. 

Plannett,  49. 

Plant,  139,  139,  143,  144. 

Plate,  179,  180. 

Plateaux,  129. 

Plato,  36,  37. 

Piatt,  128,  179. 

Platte,  179. 

Platter,  179,  180. 

Plautus,  88. 

Player,  214,  215,  216. 

Playfair,  215,  216. 

Playfoot,  85. 

Playford,  134. 

Playter,  205. 

Pleasure,  196,  242. 

Pledge,  183. 

Pledger,  231. 

Plees,  67. 

Plot,  220. 

Plough,  180. 

Plow,  211. 

Plowman,.  38,  204. 

Plows,  179. 

Pluck,  73,  73,  74. 

Pluckrose,  143. 

Plug,  229. 

Plugg,  26. 

Plum,  142,  142. 

Plumb,  141. 

Plumback,  241. 

Plumbtree,  139. 

Plume,  219. 

Plumley,  141. 

Plummer,  203. 

Plumptree,  139. 

Pock,  226. 

Pocket,  106. 


Pocock,  114. 
Pococke,  114. 
Podd,  140. 
Podgea,  248. 
Podmore,  145. 
Poe,  9,  15,  234. 
Poet,  184. 
Poggman,  248. 
Poh,  234. 
Poignard,  218. 
Poindexter,  248. 
Point,  182. 
Pointer,  109,  111. 
Poisson,  120. 
Poke,  76. 
Poland,  95. 
Pole,  140,  140. 
Polegreen,  167. 
Poleman,  206. 
Polfarry,  248. 
Polk,  164. 
Pollard*  136. 
Polley,  55. 
Polleys,  55. 
Pollock,  119,  120 
Polly,  55. 
Poly  carp,  120. 
Pond,  133. 
Pons,  133. 
Ponton,  219. 
Poodle,  111. 
Pook,  248. 
Pool,  133. 
Poole,  134. 
.Pooly,  133. 
Poor,  26. 
Poore,  190. 
Popalardo,  136. 
Pope,  199. 
Popkin,  253. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


345 


Popp,  22,  229,  230. 

Poppe,  230. 

Porch,  171. 

Port,  230,  230. 

Portall,  173. 

Portent,  233. 

Porter,  22. 

Porteus,  28. 

Portico,  173. 

Portt,  229. 

Poser,  183. 

Posey,  142. 

Post,  171,  172,  174. 

Postern,  174. 

Poston,  76. 

Postress,  56. 

Potamia,  266. 

Pote,  248. 

Potsdamer,  98. 

Pott,  179,  181. 

Pottecary,  227. 

Potter,  203. 

Pottle,  179,  228,  231,  248. 

Potts,  179. 

Potwin,  229. 

Potwine,  22,  230. 

Poulterer,  206. 

Pound,  159,  191,  233. 

Pounder,  222. 

Povah,  248. 

Powder,  219. 

Powderly,  218. 

Power,  182. 

Powers,  198. 

Pozer,  183. 

Pozner,  248. 

Praed,  24. 

Prairie,  131. 

Prall,  33. 

Pratt,  64. 


Pratveil,  33. 

Pray,  23,  28. 

Precious,  100. 

Prentice,  50,  200. 

Prentiss,  50. 

Prescott,  15,  238.  * 

Presho,  248. 

President,  200. 

Presser,  91. 

Pressey,  96. 

Pressnail,  263. 

Presson,  76. 

Prest,  78. 

Presto,  234. 

Pretty,  83,  84. 

Prettyman,  83,  84. 

Prey,  112. 

Priam,  36. 
Priary,  199. 
Price,  13,  197. 
Prickett,  228. 
Prickle,  74,  226. 
Pride,  63,  66. 
Priest,  23. 
Priestley,  58. 
Priestly,  58. 
Prieto,  248. 
Prigg,  69. 
Prigge,  60,  83,  85. 
Prigley,  85. 
Prim,  85,  86. 
Prime,  57,  218. 
Primer,  185. 
Primrose,  143,  143. 
Prince,  198. 
Princess,  198. 
Pringle,  248. 
Prink,  85. 

Printy,  183,  203,  248. 
Prior,  199. 


44 


346 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Prittie,  84. 

Probus,  58. 

Proctor,  199. 

Profit,  194. 

Pronk,  20. 

Proper,  59. 

Propst,  214. 

Proser,  72. 

Prosser,  72. 

Proud,  63,  64. 

Proudfit,  63. 

Proudfoot,  63,  63,  70,  267. 

Proudlock,  64. 

Proudlove,  90",  91. 

Proudman,  64,  70. 

Prout,  248. 

Prouty,  248. 

Province,  98,  168. 

Provost,  200. 

Prow,  197. 

Prows,  197. 

Prrsch,  264. 

Prude,  55. 

Pruden,  253. 

Prudence,  73. 

Prus,  250. 

Pryse,  215. 

Puck,  48. 

Puckering,  69. 

Pudding,  209. 

Pudor,  233. 

Pue,  234. 

Puff,  105. 

Puffer,  79. 

Pugh,  232,  232,  233. 

Pugley,  110. 

Puke,  40. 

Pulcher,  88. 

Puller,  78. 

Pullin,  253. 


Pulling,  78,  187. 
Pullman,  78. 
Pullum,  265. 
Pultenham,  244. 
Pumpelly,  34. 
Punch,  22,  222. 
Pupp,  111. 
Purchas,  198. 
Purchase,  198. 
Purdeu,  233. 
Purely,  59. 
Purge,  228. 
Purling,  131. 
Purple,  165,  166. 
Purse,  194,  195. 
Purseglove,  195. 
Purser,  204. 
Purss,  193. 
Purty,  84. 
Pusey,  108,  108. 
Pushee,  71,  222. 
Pushing,  70. 
Pussedu,  248. 
Pussey,  109. 
Pussy,  108. 
Putnam,  244. 
Puttenham,  244. 
Puttey,  208. 
Puttock,  250. 
Py,  209. 
Pycot,  248.' 
Pye,  208,  209,  209. 
Pyke,  120. 
Pyle,  33,  172. 
Pym,  10. 
Pympe,  92. 
Pynchon,  187,  253. 
Pyne,  136. 
Pypon,  33. 
Pyser,  248. 


PsDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


347 


Pysing,  33. 

Pythias,  90. 

Qua,  10. 

Quackenbush,  34. 
Quail,  113. 
Quails,  115. 
Quaintance,  92. 
Quakenbosh,  34. 
Quakenbush,  34. 
Quaker,  23. 
Qualey,  248. 
Quan,  248. 
Quart,  159. 
Quarterly,  154. 
Quarterman,  158. 
Quarters,  158. 
Quary,  13,  248. 
Quash,  34. 
Quattlebaum,  34. 
Quay,  135,  198. 
Quayl,  113. 
Quear,  61. 
Quee,  250. 
Queen,  56,  199. 
Quell,  74. 
Quere,  62. 
Query,  72. 
Quest,  250. 
Questead,  33. 
Quick,  26,  76,  77. 
Quicksall,  251. 
Quiddy,  253. 
Quier,  60. 
Quil,  185. 
Quill,  25,  185. 
Quillman,  183. 
Quilt,  176. 
Quilter,  176. 
Quilty,  176,  248. 


Quince,  145. 
Quincey,  142. 
Quincy,97,  141,225,266. 
Quiner,  253. 
Quint,  158. 
Quintal,  159. 
Quire,  185. 
Quirk,  66,  67. 
Quitman,  92. 

Rabbit,  108,  111. 
Race,  75. 
Racer,  76,  213. 
Racey,  62. 
Rachel,  54. 
Rack,  35,  36. 
Racket,  162. 
Rackstraw,  143. 
Rad,  10. 
Rae,  8. 
Raffles,  216. 
Rafter,  171,  172. 
Rafters,  27. 
Raftor,  173. 
Raggens,  26. 
Raglan,  256. 
Ragland,  130. 
Ragon,  26. 
Raikes,  207. 
Rain,  148,  149. 
Rainbird,  118. 
Rainbold,  148. 
Rainboth,  149.- 
Rainbow,  148,  148. 
Raine,  148,  149. 
Rainey,  147. 
Rains,  148,  148,  213. 
Rainstorp,  33. 
Raisin,  209. 
Raisor,  27. 


348 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Rake,  39. 
Ral,  8. 
Rail,  248. 
Rally,  38. 
Ralph,  235. 
Ram,  199,  111,  111. 
Ramm,  111. 
Rammie,  248. 
Ramsbottom,  131. 
Ramsdell,  127. 
Ramsden,  110. 
Ramshorn,  122. 
Ranee,  248. 
Rancour,  67. 
Randolph,  97. 
Rane,  147. 
Raney,  147. 
Ranger,  203. 
Rank,  199. 
Ranks,  200. 
Rann,  75. 
Ran  slow,  30. 
Bansom,  196. 
Rantem,  70. 
Rap,  23. 
Rape,  40. 
Rapes,  40. 
Rapier,  219. 
Rapine,  74. 
Rapper,  162. 
Raps,  23. 
Rarer,  58. 
Raser,  27. 
Rasin,  142. 
Rason,  209. 
Rat,  111. 
Ratford,  109. 
Ratio,  182. 
Ratt,  108. 
Ratte,  109. 


Rattel,  217. 
Ratter,  65. 
Rattle,  217. 
Rau,  10. 
Rauch,  150. 
Rausch,  150. 
Rauschert,  248. 
Raven,  117. 
Ravenhill,  117. 
Raw,  62,  86. 
Rawlins,  6. 
Rawson,  86. 
Ray,  8,  119,  120. 
Rayment,  101. 
Raynard,  107. 
Rayne,  147. 
Rayner,  147. 
Raynes,  213. 
Razee,  81. 
Rea,  8. 
Read,  183. 
Readdy,  71. 
Reader,  185. 
Readhead,  83,  267. 
Reading,  183,  184,  185. 
Ready,  71. 
Reaker,  148. 
Reals,  191. 
Ream,  185. 
Reap,  145. 
Rear,  213. 
Rearer,  212. 
Reason,  73,  73. 
Reasons,  265. 
Reaver,  74. 
Rebal,  248. 
Rebola,  248. 
Reckless,  73. 
Record,  186. 
Records,  187,  188. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


349 


Rector,  199. 
Redding,  166.   - 
Reddish,  166. 
Reddy,  71. 
Redfern,  138,  166. 
Redfield,  167. 
Redfoot,  85. 
Redgate,  167. 
Redhead,  83,  84. 
Redhouse,  167. 
Redline,  167. 
Redman,  166. 
Redpath,  166,  167. 
Redway,  167. 
Ree,  10. 
Reed,  138. 
Reedy,  128,  138. 
Reef,  198. 
Reefer,  198. 
Reekin,  149. 
Reel,  229,  230. 
Reeve,  200. 
Regal,  198. 
Regally,  198. 
Regester,  188. 
Regillus,  89. 
Register,  188. 
Reil,  128. 
Reiley,  73. 
Reinhard,  147,  148. 
Rek,  10. 
Reich,  248. 
Remnant,  103. 
Remus,  264. 
Rench,  223. 
Render,  222. 
Rendrop,  149. 
Renne,  248. 
Renter,  204. 
Repell,  43. 


Rerrinason,  248. 
Rest,  76,  77. 
Reste,  76. 
Restin,  76. 
Return,  15. 
Revallion,  248. 
Revell,  22. 
Revere,  23. 
Revill,  22. 
Rew,  10. 
Rex,  8,  198,  199. 
Rey,  199. 
Rhall,  248. 
Rhind,  142. 
Rhine,  96. 
Rhinelander,  98. 
Rhoades,  178. 
Rhodes,  95. 
Rhoner,  96. 
Rhy,  144. 
Rice,  144. 
Rich,  26. 
Richards,  237. 
Richardson,  237. 
Riches,  191. 

Rick,  138,  145,  190,  207. 
Ricketts,  225. 
Ricks,'l38,  207. 
Ridabock,  214. 
Riddle,  183,  185. 
Rideout,  212. 
,  Rider,  212. 
Ridey,  213. 
Ridge,  127,  160. 
Ridgway,  127,  178. 
Ridings,  214. 
Riehill,  132. 
Riff',  253. 
Rigg,  100,  101. 
Riggers,  267. 


350 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Riggins,  100. 
Riggs,  101. 
Right,  57. 
Righter,  184,  185. 
Rightly,  59. 
Rigler,  78. 
Riha,  248. 
Riker,  248. 
Riley,  63,  73. 
Rill,  134. 

Rimmer,  160,  160. 
Rindge,  97. 
Ring,  27. 
Ringer,  28. 
Ringgold,  100. 
Ringlet,  53. 
Rings,  100. 
Ringwell,  162. 
Rino,  193. 
Rio,  98. 
Ripp,  104. 
Ripple,  134. 
Ripps,  230. 
Risband,  103. 
Riser,  26. 
Rising,  26. 
Risk,  214. 
Rist,  248,  265. 
Ritch,  190. 
Ritz,  248. 
River,  134. 
Rivers,  132. 
Rivet,  171,  188. 
Rix,  8. 
Roach,  119. 
Road,  179. 
Roadhouse,  170. 
Roads,  179. 
Roaf,  248. 
Roak,  248. 


Roan,  165. 
Roane,  165. 
Roarer,  164. 
Roat,  185. 
Roath,  248. 
Robbins,  113. 
Robe,  103,  104. 
Robers,  73. 
Roberts,  237. 
Robertson,  237. 
Robin,  113. 
Robins,  113. 
Robinson,  237,  257. 
Rock,  127. 
Rockefeller,  83,  129. 
Rocker,  129. 
Rockett,  150. 
Rockey,  132. 
Rockhill,  37,  131. 
Rocks,  129. 
Rockwood,  127,  136. 
Rodd,  160. 
Rode  well,  212. 
Rodman,  28. 
Roe,  8,  119,  122,  187. 
Roebuck,  109. 
Roer,  162. 
Roers,  162. 
Roger,  235. 
Roh,  10. 
Rokue,  248. 
Roland,  235. 
Roll,  186,  207,  208. 
Rollo,  248. 
Rolls,  208. 
Romulus,  266. 
Roncati,  248. 
Rondelet,  164. 
Ronimus,  248. 
Rood,  159,  160. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


351 


Roof,  173. 

Rook,  113,  117,  118. 
Rooke,  116. 
Room,  171. 
Roome,  171. 
Root,  140. 
Rootes,  140. 
Rooth,  54. 
Roots,  140. 
Ropes,  207. 
Rorer,  164. 
Rose,  142,  143. 
Rosebush,  143. 
Rosenbush,  143. 
Rosenfeld,  142. 
Rosengarten,  142. 
Rosenthal,  131. 
Rosery,  24. 
Rosewharm,  151. 
Rotch,  119. 
Rothschild,  256. 
Rotnian,  123. 
Rott,  123. 
Rotten,  123. 
Rotton,  123. 
Rotty,  123. 
Rough,  84. 
Roulstone,  60. 
Round,  160. 
Rounds,  160. 
Rountree,  138. 
Rouse,  26,  157. 
Rouser,  157. 
Router,  219,  248. 
Rouw,  223. 
Rover,  230. 
Row,  66,  230. 
Rowan,  139. 
Rowbottom,  132. 
Rowe,  214. 


Rowell,  212,  212. 
Rox,  10. 
Roy,  8,  198. 
Royal,  198. 
Roylance,  248. 
Rubb,  69. 
Rubiean,  96. 
Rubincam,  96. 
Ruble,  191,  191. 
Rubsam,  243. 
Ruby,  100. 
Rue,  10,  66. 
Ruck,  248. 
Rudder,  197. 
Ruddiman,  84. 
Ruddle,  248. 
Ruddy,  166,  166. 
Rue,  8,  70. 
Ruff,  103,  106. 
Ruffe,  103. 
Ruffhead,  84. 
Ruffridge,  132. 
Rugg,  176. 
Rugs,  176. 
Ruhler,  28. 
Rule,  183,  187. 
Rum,  230. 
Rumble,  39. 
Rumery,  229. 
Rummer,  229. 
Rump,  123. 
Rumpf,  122. 
Rumpff,  123. 
Rumpp,  122,  123. 
Rumrill,  22. 
Rumsell,  229. 
Rundlett,  159. 
Rung,  163. 
Runner,  76. 
Runners,  213. 


352 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Rupp,  248. 
Ruse,  188. 
Rush,  75. 
Rusher,  76. 
Rushout,  77,  77. 
Rushton,  253. 
Rusk,  208,  208. 
Russ,  95. 
Rust,  27. 
Ruth,  54. 
Rutley,  141. 
Rutt,  178. 
Rutter,  40. 
Rutty,  178. 
Rutz,  178. 
Ry  croft,  145. 
Ryde,  212. 
Rye,  144,  144,  145. 
Ryland,  144. 
Rymer,  184. 
Rymes,  183. 
Rymill,  169. 
Rynd,  142. 
Rynex,  83. 
Ryno,  191,  193. 

Sa,  8. 
Sabine,  95. 
Sables,  100. 
Sachrider,  250. 
Sachs,  102. 
Sack,  229,  230,  230. 
Sackenbotam,  176. 
Sacket,  96. 
Sackman,  230. 
Sacks,  27. 
Sad,  69. 
Sadd,  66,  67. 
Saddler,  39. 
Sader,  69. 


Sadler,  203. 
Sage,  60. 
Sagendorph,  248. 
Sahlein,  248. 
Saile,  197,  198. 
Sailer,  197. 
Sailor,  197,  198. 
Saint,  48. 
Sake,  194. 
Sale,  197,  198. 
Sales,  197,  198. 
Salisbury,  97. 
Sail,  55. 
Sallies,  219. 
Sallowes,  165. 
Sally,  55,  55. 
Salmon,  119,  122. 
Salom,  97. 
Salt,  207,  210,  210. 
Salter,  203. 
Salthouse,  170. 
Saltmarsh,  131. 
Saltmarshe,  130. 
Saltonstall,  207. 
Salts,  228. 
Salvo,  218. 
Sam,  10. 
Sammes,  236. 
Sample,  207. 
Sampson,  235,  237. 
Sams,  238. 
Samuel,  235. 
Samuels,  237. 
Sancry,  248. 
Sanctuary,  169. 
Sand,  129,  133. 
Sandbloom,  143. 
Sandford,  238. 
Sandicky,  248. 
Sandilands,  132. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


353 


Sandland,  129. 
Sandman,  204. 
Sandridge,  131. 
Sands,  133. 
Sandy,  133. 
Sanford,  238. 
Sanger,  162. 
Sanschagrin,  £9. 
Sansfacon,  85. 
Sansregret,  59. 
Sapp,  64,  140. 
Sapper,  220. 
Sarasin,  98. 
Sarch,  188. 
Sargeants,  98. 
Sargent,  199. 
Sartain,  234. 
Satchell,  187. 
Satchwell,  27,  248. 
Sattenshall,  103. 
Satterly,  253. 
Saucer,  179. 
Sauerwein,  230. 
Saul,  235,  236. 
Sauls,  237. 
Saurman,  68. 
Sause,  145. 
Savage,  66. 
Saveall,  194. 
Savory,  36. 
Savoy,  95. 
Sawdy,  253. 
Saw  en,  253. 
Sawin,  203. 
Sawn,  250. 
Sawyer,  203. 
Sax,  10,  10,  103. 
Saxty,  158. 
Say,  72. 
Sayer,  23,  72,  203. 


Sayles,  197. 
Saywell,  253. 
Scales,  121. 
Scaley,  189. 
Scamp,  73. 
Scane,  103. 
Scanlan,  248. 
Scantland,  192. 
Scarboro',  97. 
Scarborough,  97. 
Scaredevil,  88. 
Scarf,  105. 
Scarff,  103,  105. 
Scarlet,  165. 
Scates,  119,  216,  217. 
Scattergood,  57,  59. 
Sceery,  63. 
Schad,  119. 
Schadow,  83. 
Schaier,  248. 
Schall,  121. 
Schank,  50. 
Schatz,  190. 
Schaye,  212. 
Schellinx,  191. 
Schenk,  248. 
Schiffley,  251. 
Schitler,  248. 
Schley,  212. 
Schlimper,  248. 
Schneider,  203. 
Schnur,  248. 
Scholer,  183. 
Scholes,  253. 
Schoolcraft,  183. 
Schoonmaker,  204. 
Schott,  218. 
Schoulder,  183. 
Schouler,  183. 
Schriever,  248. 


45 


354 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Schrivarney,  253. 
Schrouder,  38. 
Schuch,  102. 
Schuchartel,  253. 
Schuman,  203. 
Schuttee,  248. 
Schuyler,  259. 
Schwab,  113. 
Schwartz,  165. 
Sciepps,  248. 
Scipp,  75,  77. 
Scobie,  253. 
Scollard,  183,  185. 
Score,  158. 
Scorsur,  248. 
Scotland,  95. 
Scott,  95,  260. 
Scotto,  253. 
Scourse,  248. 
Scow,  196. 
Scowler,  66. 
Scram,  250. 
Scrapeskin,  194. 
Scribe,  184. 
Scribner,  183. 
Scriggins,  34,  248. 
Scrimger,  250. 
Scripter,  5. 
Scripture,  5. 
Scrivener,  183,  183. 
Scroggie,  250. 
Scruggs,  34. 
Scudder,  75. 
Scull,  52. 
Sculley,  214. 
Scullim,  214. 
Scullion,  200. 
Sculpin,  119. 
Sea,  134,  135. 
Seaberry,  253. 


Seaburn,  134. 
Seacole,  151. 
Seads,  139. 
Seafart,  250. 
Seal,  122,  183. 
Sealer,  183.    . 
Sealley,  248. 
Seals,  183. 
Sealy,  183. 
Seaman,  198. 
Seamans,  203. 
Seaquill,  265. 
Search,  186,  188,  188. 
Searight,  87. 
Searing,  100. 
Sears,  23. 
Seas,  135. 
Seawall,  133. 
Seaward,  133. 
Seawood,  151. 
Sec,  10. 

Second,  158,  159. 
Secret,  72. 
Sedgely,  128. 
Sedgley,  128. 
Sedgwick,  128. 
Sedgy,  134. 
See,  10,  199,  232. 
Seed,  139,  140,  145. 
Seeds,  139,  140,  145. 
Segar,  207. 
Seggie,  134. 
Segiditus,  88. 
Selah,  234. 
Self,  194,  194. 
Selig,  48. 
Seligman,  62. 
Seling,  171. 
Selkrig,  253. 
Sellar,  173. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


355 


Sellars,  171,  173. 
Seller,  198. 
Sellers,  26,  173. 
Sellew,  249. 
Sellick,  253. 
Selling,  197. 
Sells,  198. 
Selman,  24. 
Semy,  158. 
Sendall,  253. 
Sendfirst,  159. 
Senex,  93. 
Senicio,  94. 
Senin,  248. 
Senior,  93. 
Sennet,  99. 
Senseman,  62.    . 
Senter,  160. 
Sentman,  206. 
Sentry,  218. 
Seppens,  253. 
Sequin,  191. 
Serch,  188. 
Serenus,  88. 
Serjeantson,  201. 
Serley,  68. 
Sermon,  184. 
Service,  38,  205. 
Serville,  71. 
Sesic,  225. 
Sessions,  186. 
Seton,  227. 
Setright,  227. 
Setter,  107. 
Setters,  107. 
Settle.* 

Sevenoaks,  244. 
Severance,  71. 


Severus,  88. 

Sew,  101. 

Sewall,  186. 

Sexton,  199. 

Shaby,  83. 

Shackell,  187,  188. 

Shackleford,  188. 

Shad,  120. 

Shadd,  120,  121. 

Shade,  137,  138,  148,  166. 

Shadrach,  43,  235. 

Shadwell,  120. 

Shady,  138. 

Shakeshaft,  87. 

Shakespeare,  220. 

Shall,  121. 

Shaller,  253. 

Shallow,  60,  61. 

Shamely,  59. 

Shandy,  29. 

Shank,  51,  51. 

Shankland,  127,  131,  249. 

Shanes,  51,  52,  53. 

Shannon,  96. 

Shard,  120. 

Share,  99. 

Sharer,  196. 

Sharf,  248. 

Sharkey,  119,  121. 

Sharkly,  119. 

Sharon,  97. 

Sharp,  60. 

Sharper,  189. 

Sharpey,  189. 

Sharpless,  27. 

Sharpley,  195. 

Sharpsheers,  195. 

Sharrow,  253. 


*  "  Distressed  Innocence  "  is  advertised  in  1691  as  written  bv  E.  Settle. 


356 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Shatter,  218. 

Shattuck,  18,  142. 

Shaveall,  194. 

Shaver,  193,  194. 

Shaves,  28. 

Shaw,  128,  239. 

Shay,  212. 

Shays,  212. 

Shea,  54. 

Sheafe,  138. 

Shear,  179. 

Sheard,  187. 

Shearer,  189,  203. 

Shearin,  193,  248. 

Shears,  179,  179,  189,  193. 

Sheatin,  176. 

Sheaves,  139. 

Shebbeare,  57. 

Shed,  169,  243. 

Shedd,  169. 

Shee,  55,  57. 

Sheepshanks,  84. 

Sheer,  195. 

Sheerin,  193. 

Sheerman,  195,  203. 

Sheers,  194. 

Sheet,  106. 

Sheets,  176. 

Sheffield,  97. 

Sheik,  199. 

Sheikeshaft,  248. 

Sheir,  248. 

Sheldrake,  121. 

Shelhammer,  121. 

Shellcup,  180. 

Shellem,  121. 

Shelley,  120,  121,  121. 

Shelmire,  124. 

Shenkburgh,  248. 

Shep,  107. 


Shepcoat,  102. 
Shepherd,  203. 
Sheple,  250. 
Shepley,  19. 
Sherburne,  97. 
Sheriff,  186,  188. 
Sheriffs,  1S7,  188. 
Sherk,  65. 
Sherker,  65. 
Sherran,  253. 
Sherren,  253. 
Sherrey,  230. 
Sherrod,  253.     . 
Sherry,  228,  230. 
Shewill,  55. 
Shick,  248. 
Shield,  218. 
Shields,  218,  220. 
Shier,  70. 

SJiillcock,  114,253. 
Shilling,  193. 
Shillinglaw,  189. 
Shillitoe,  164. 
Shiloh,  248. 
Shimmin,  178,  249. 
Shin,  51,  52. 
Shine,  70,  177,  248. 
Shiner,  193. 
Shines,  70. 
Shingle,  171. 
Shingles,  171. 
Shinitz,  248. 
Shinn,  53. 
Shinner,  75. 
Shinners,  75. 
Ship,  198. 
Shipley,  214. 
Shipman,  197,  214. 
Shippe,  197. 
Shippen,  196. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


357 


Shipper,  197,  198. 
Shippey,  196. 
Shippie,  196. 
Ship  way,  197. 
Ship  well,  198. 
Shire,  168. 
Shires,  99. 
Shirk,  65. 
Shirkey,  65. 
Shirpsir;  248. 
Shirt,  101. 
Shirtcliff,  106. 
Shirtfield,  166. 
'Shirtliff,  106. 
Shissler,  34,  249. 
Shiver,  151. 
Shivers,  151. 
Shnpf,  44. 
Shoals,  133. 
Shoat,  7. 
Shoats.  7. 
Shock,  43.  ' 
Shoebottom,  103. 
Shoecraft,  204. 
Shoemaker,  203,  204. 
Shoesmith,  104. 
Sholes,  119. 
Sholp,  248. 
Shoner,  177. 
Shook,  251. 
Shoolbred,  184. 
Shooter,  221. 
Shopp,  169. 
Shopperie,  248. 
Shopps,  169. 

Shore,  99,  133,  133,  134,  135. 
Shorediche,  132. 
Shores,  133. 
Short,  26,  80,  82. 
Shortall,  82. 


Shorten,  82. 
Shorter,  82,  82. 
Shorthose,  105. 
Shortland,  192. 
Shortaian,  81. 
Shorton,  195. 
Shortreed,  139. 
Shortridge,  127. 
Shote,  7. 

Shotter,  218,  219. 
Shoulder,  51,  52. 
Shoulders,  51. 
Shouse,  34. 
Shove,  76. 
Shovel,  181. 
Shoveller,  205. 
Shover,  70. 
Shovon,  76. 
Showe,  214. 
Shower,  147,  149. 
Showry,  148. 
Shreve,  199. 
Shriever,  23. 
Shrimpton,  121. 
Shrivel,  82. 
Shropshire,  97. 
Shrubb,  140. 
Shrubsole,  141. 
Shubrick,  175. 
Shuck,  250. 
Shue,  101. 
Shufeldt,  105. 
Shufelt,  249. 
Shuffler,  65. 
Shugerman,  66. 
Shugurgh,  208. 
Shumway,  240. 
Shun,  74. 
Shunk,  34. 
Shurkey,  65. 


358 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Shurt,  101,  and  Dedication. 

Shurtleff,  106. 

Shut,  73. 

Shute,  218. 

Shuter,  220. 

Shutever,  73. 

Shuts,  251. 

Shutter,  174. 

Shuttle,  217. 

Shuttlesworth,  217. 

Sias,  249. 

Sibel,  23. 

Sibell,  23. 

Sick,  226,  226. 

Sickels,  179,  207. 

Sickle,  179. 

Sicklemore,  179. 

Sickles,  179. 

Sickling,  226. 

Sickman,  226,  226. 

Sidbother,  265. 

Side,  51,  52,  53. 

Sidebottom,  129,  131. 

Siders,  22. 

Sides,  50,  53,  122. 

Sidi,  249. 

Sidleman,  87. 

Sigil,  183. 

Sign,  182. 

Sigourney,  15. 

Silas,  236. 

Sileman,  60. 

Silence,  72. 

Silk,  103,  103,  207. 

Silkman,  104,  204. 

Sill,  171,  173. 

Siller,  190. 

Silley,  60. 

Silliman,  62,  62. 

Silloway,  7. 


Sillyman,  62. 
Silver,  190. 
Silverheels,  34,  50. 
Silvernail,  50. 
Silverstone,  193. 
Silver-thorn,  139. 
Silvertooth,  34. 
Silvertop,  53. 
Sim,  10,  10. 
Simper,  87. 
Simple,  60,  61,  61. 
Simpler,  61. 
Sinder,  15. 
Sinet,  253. 
Sinew,  122. 
Sinfield,  59. 
Sinfoot,  59. 
Sing,  162. 
Singer,  162. 
Single,  159,  159,267. 
Singlewood,  131.    , 
Sinjohn,  244. 
Sink,  31,  31. 
Sinke,  31. 
Sinley,  73. 
.  Sinn,  73,  73,  242. 
Sip,  230. 
Sipler,  229. 
Siples,  229. 
Sipp,  230. 
Sippel,  229. 
Sippet,  229,  229. 
Sipple,  229,  229. 
Sipps,  229. 
Siree,  234. 
Sirian,  95. 
Sisan,  253. 
Sise,  160. 
Sisk,  249. 
Siss,  162. 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Xoi) 


Sistermans,  90. 
Sites,  251. 
Sitgreaves,  188. 
Sivadie,  249. 
Sivret,  240. 
Six,  159,  159. 
Sixsmith,  159. 
Sixty,  159. 
Size,  160. 
Skanning,  183. 
Skate,  217. 
Skates,  119. 
Skeath,  253. 
Skeele,  249. 
Skey,  49. 
.  Skiff,  1-96. 
Skill,  61,  205. 
Skillet,  179. 
Skillman,  61. 
Skimmer,  60,  119. 
Skimmings,  122,  194. 
Skin,  52. 
Skiney,  79. 
Skinner,  189,  203. 
Skipper,  75. 
Skull,  .51,  52.. 
Skullion,  200. 
Sky,  8,  49. 
Skyll,  64. 
Slack,  71. 
Slagrim,  250. 
Slamm,  162. 
Slane,  218. 
Slantebaek,  85. 
Slate,  27, 183,  245. 
Slater,  203. 
Slates,  171. 
Slatt,  162. 
Slatterly,  249. 
Slattery,  249. 


Slaughter,  4,  220. 
Slayback,  88. 
Slaymaker,  206. 
Sleater,  147. 
Sleep,  157. 
Sleeper,  26. 
Sleet,  149. 
Sleight,  217. 
Slewman,  21. 
Slicer,  194. 
Slider,  78. 
Slight,  82. 
Sligo,  65. 
Sliloh,  249. 
Slines,  249. 
Slipper,  106. 
Slipshoe,  106. 
Slit,  265. 
Sloan,  249. 
Sloat,  34. 
Sloave,  249. 
Slocock,  1 1 5. 
Slocum,  75. 
Slocumb,  75. 
Sloman,  75,  76. 
Sloog,  249. 
Slooman,  229. 
Sloope,  197.    • 
Sloper,  75. 
Slough,  130,  131. 
Slow,  76,  77,  79. 
Slowe,  76. 
Slowey,  77. 
Sluce,  149. 
•  Sluggett,  124. 
Sluman,  34. 
Slumber,  157. 
Sly,  8,  60,  65. 
Slye,  64. 
Slyman,  60. 


360 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Slyott,  65. 

Snawsell,  253. 

Smack,  91. 

Snell,  77. 

Small,  26,  81. 

Snide,  249. 

Smallbone,  264. 

Sniffen,  87. 

Smallbrook,  134. 

Sniffin,  87. 

Smallcorn,  60,  144. 

Snigg,  65. 

Smaller,  82. 

Sniggler,  65. 

Smallman,  82. 

Sniveldy,  87. 

Smallpiece,  60,  81. 

Sniveley,  87. 

Smallwell,  134. 

Snively,87. 

Smallwood,  60,  131,.  137. 

Snoden,  249. 

Smalpenny,  193. 

Snodgrass,  139. 

Smart,  59,  61,  69,  83. 

Snook,  250. 

Smellia,  123. 

Snooks,  244,  250 

Smellie,  36. 

Snow,  147. 

Smelt,  119,  120. 

Snowball,  149. 

Smibert,  253. 

Snupe,  244. 

Smiler,  67. 

Snuts,  249. 

Smiles,  66,  67. 

Soaper,  203. 

Smiley,  66,  67. 

Sobbe,  69. 

Sminck,  44. 

Sober,  231,  231. 

Smink,  44. 

Sockett,  177. 

Smirke,  69. 

Soda,  228. 

Smith,  202. 

Soesman,  249. 

Smithhammer,  204. 

Soffee,  176. 

Smitten,  70,  91. 

Softley,  68. 

Smock,  105. 

Softly,  68. 

Smoke,  264. 

Solace,  25. 

Smoote,  265. 

Soldem,  23. 

Smothers,  34. 

Soles,  25. 

Smouch,  25. 

Solger,  218. 

Smout,  250. 

Soil,  48. 

Smull,  34. 

Solly,  249. 

Smylie,  67. 

Solomon,  235. 

Snagg,  140. 

Someborn,  57. 

Snaith,  249. 

Somedry,  231. 

Snake,  125. 

Somerbee,  124. 

Snapp,  66. 

Somerville,  97. 

Snare,  111. 

Sommerlad,  154. 

Snarey,  111. 

Somwell,  227. 

INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


361 


Son,  90. 
Songster,  163. 
Sonk,  249. 
Sonna,  90. 
Sonne,  90. 
Sonneborn,  92. 
Sontag,  156. 
Soper,  203. 
Sopher,  176. 
Sophocles,  37,  48. 
Sophus,  253. 
Sorel,  143. 
Sorely,  226. 
Sorrell,  142. 
Sortor,  214. 
Sortwell,  214. 
Sosnowky,  249. 
Soul,  49. 
Soule,  48,  249. 
Sour,  67. 
Sourmilk,  208. 
Sourwine,  230. 
Souter,  253. 
South,  152,  152. 
Southack,  152,  266. 
Southard,  152. 
Souther,  152. 
Southerly,  152. 
Southern,  152. 
Southey,  152,  242. 
Southgate,  152,  240. 
Southland,  152. 
Southmayd,  152. 
Southward,  152. 
Southwick,  152. 
Southwood,  153. 
South  worth,  152. 
Sovereign,  191. 
Sower,  27,  27,  203. 
Sowman,  203. 


Soy,  210. 

Space,  160. 

Spade,  179,  207. 

Spader,  206. 

Spady,  207. 

Spain,  95. 

Spalding,  18. 

Span,  160. 

Spane,  95. 

Spangler,  105. 

Spaniel,  108. 

Spar,  197,  198. 

Spare,  81. 

Spargo,  249. 

Sparhawk,  113,  189. 

Spark,  91,  92. 

Sparke,  93. 

Sparks,  149,  151. 

Sparrow,    17,   113,   116,   125, 

189,  217. 
Spary,  194. 
Spatts,  168. 
Spaul,  253. 
Spavin,  212. 
Spayd,  181. 
Speak,  72. 
Speakman,  72. 
Speaks,  72. 
Spear,  13,  218. 
Spearin,  219. 
Spearman,  220. 
Speck,  166,  166. 
Speed,  75,  75. 
Speedy,  76. 
Speight,  68. 
Speirs,  249. 
Spelbrink,  185. 
Spell,  185. 
Spellenbuch,  185. 
Spellin,  185. 


46 


362 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Spellman,  183. 
Spelman,  183. 
Spencer,  102,  256. 
Spender,  193. 
Spendlove,  93. 
Spicely,  209. 
Spicer,  203. 
Spider,  124. 
Spiers,  218. 
Spike,  175. 
Spiker,  204. 
Spiles,  173. 
Spiller,  21. 
Spillet,  180. 
Spilling,  23,  229. 
Spiltimber,  33. 
Spinckes,  33. 
Spindler,  203. 
Spine,  267. 
Spink,  32. 
Spinnage,  145,  145. 
Spinner,  32,  203. 
Spinners,  204. 
Spinney,  203. 
Spinning,  204. 
Spire,  170,  170. 
Spires,  170. 
Spirt,  149. 
Spittalhouse,  170. 
Spittel,  122. 
Spittle,  122,  122. 
Spitz,  176. 
Spix,  254. 
Splane,  249. 
Spleen,  6Q,  122. 
Splint,  227. 
Spokes,  212. 
Spokesfield,  249. 
Sponier,  62. 
Spooner,  23. 


Spoor,  249. 
Sportes,  217. 
Spose,  90. 
Spotts,  25,  166. 
Spradlin,  80. 
Sprague,  249. 
Sprake,  253. 
Sprat,  120,  120. 
Spratt,  120. 
Spray,  133. 
Spread,  79. 
Sprigg,  140. 
Sprigge,  140. 
Spriggs,  140. 
Sprigman,  140. 
Spring,  2,  154. 
Springall,  249,  251. 
Springer,  75. 
Springfield,  97. 
Springman,  76. 
Springoll,  249. 
Sproat,  34,  249. 
Sprole,  34. 
Sproul,  249. 
Sproule,  249. 
Sprout,  140. 
Sprowel,  249. 
Sprowl,  34. 

Spry,  71,  75,  76,  76,  77. 
Spurgeon,  39. 
Spurgin,  249. 
Spurr,  212. 
Spurrer,  213. 
Squamong,  253. 
Squib,  150. 
Squibb,  150. 
Squier,  199. 
Squire,  199. 
Squirrel,  108,  109. 
Staab,  218. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


363 


Stabb,  220. 
Stabbs,  218. 
Stable,  169. 
Stabler,  203,  212. 
Stables,  169. 
Stack,  141,  141. 
Stackhouse,  169,  170,  170. 
Stackpole,  17,  141. 
Stack  well,  141. 
Staff,  207. 
Stage,  213,  214. 
Stager,  213,  214. 
Stagers,  226. 
Stagg,  107,  111.* 
Staggs,  111. 
Staigg,  107. 
Stain,  165,  166. 
Stainburn,  166. 
Stainer,  202. 
Staines,  165,  202. 
Stair,  173.  x 

Stairbird,  174,  197. 
Stairs,  172,  173. 
Stake,  215,  215. 
Stakely,  215. 
Stakem,  215. 
Staker,  215,  215. 
Stalker,  38,  75,  77. 
Stall,  199,  212,  214. 
Stallion,  111. 
Stallman,  213,  214.     . 
Stamer,  84. 
Stamers,  85. 
Stammers,  83. 
Stamp,  67,  184. 
Stamper,  77. 
Stampinbell,  163. 
Stanback,  76,  77. 


Standfast,  60,  235. 
Standing,  26. 
Standish,  25,  179. 
Standring,  93. 
Stank,  123. 
Stantial,  249. 
Stanyan,  249. 
Staple,  31,  207. 
Staples,  31,  207. 
Star,  48. 
Starbird,  197. 
Starboard,  197. 
Stare,  87. 
Stares,  87. 
Starin,  84. 
Starkweather,  249. 
Starling,  113,  117. 
Starlings,  113. 
Starr,  48. 
Starrs,  48. 
Start,  75,  76. 
Starter,  76. 
State,  99. 
States,  98,  99. 
Stayers,  171. 
Stayman,  76. 
Stead,  253. 
Steal,  73. 
Stealin,  74. 
Stearling,  107. 
Stearly,  108. 
Stearman,  197,  214. 
Steed,  111,  125. 
Steedman,  212. 
Steel,  27. 
Steelman,  195. 
Steeper,  81. 
Steeple,  170. 


John  Gazelle  was  admitted  a  patient  at  the  Hospital  in  Boston,  July,  1858. 


364 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Steepleton,  170,  249. 
Steer,  107. 
Steerling,  107. 
Steers,  214. 
Steinschneider,  33. 
Stem,  141. 
Stemfly,  124. 
Stemler,  249. 
Stemmer,  78. 
Stent,  160. 
Stephen,  235. 
Stephenson,  237. 
Stepp,  76. 

Steptoe,  164,  164,  164. 
Sterling,  191. 
Stern,  198. 
Sterne,  196,  198. 
Sternhold,  198. 
Steugel,  249. 
Stevens,  237. 
Stevenson,  237. 
Stewart,  200. 
Stick,  140,  141. 
Stickle,  61,  70. 
Stickler,  223. 
Stickman,  141. 
Stickney,  18. 
Sties,  7. 
Stiff,  83. 
Stiffens,  83. 
Stileman,  171. 
Stiles,  171,  173,  185. 
Stilfin,  249. 
Still,  71. 
Stille,  71. 
Stiller,  71. 
Stillings,  71. 
Stillman,  71. 
Stillwagon,  213. 
Stillwell,  228. 


Stinchfield,  123. 

Stinchman,  123. 

Sting,  68. 

Stingall,  68. 

Stinger,  68. 

Stintion,  249. 

Stirt,  253. 

Stitch,  101,  101. 

Stitt,  249. 

Stive,  150. 

Stiver,  191,  191. 

Stivers,  76,  191. 

St.  John,  244. 

Stock,  104,  106. 

Stockbridge,  97. 

Stocking*  102,  105. 

Stockinger,  105. 

Stockings,  105. 

Stockman,  203. 

Stocks,  33,  106. 

Stockwell,  192. 

Stoeher,  169. 

Stohl,  74. 

Stokes,  249,  253,  265. 

Stone,  127,  175. 

Stoneall,  129. 

Stonebridge,  242. 

Stonehouse,  168. 

Stoneman,  175. 

Stones,  129,  132. 

Stoney,  69,  129. 

Stonhouse,  168. 

Stoodly,  253. 

Stoops,  83. 

Stopp,  76. 

Stopps,  185. 

Stops,  77. 

Storck,  117. 

Stork,  117,  117,  118,  118. 

Storke,  113,  125. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


365 


Storks,  117,  118. 
Storm,  147,  148,  148. 
Storms,  147,  148. 
Story,  171. 
Stout,  83. 
Stove,  176. 
Stowers,  169. 
Strachatinistry,  11. 
Strachm,  75. 
Strack,  249. 
Strada,  178. 
Stradling,  77. 
Straight,  83. 
Strain,  86. 
Straine,  249. 
Strale,  249. 
Stramm,  77. 
Strand,  133. 
Strane,  86. 
Strange,  60. 
Stranger,  92. 
Strangeways,  62. 
Stratford,  97. 
Strauss,  249. 
Straw,  138,  145. 
Stray,  264. 
Stray  line,  210. 
Streaker,  76. 
Streek,  25. 
Street,  178. 
Streights,  135. 
Strength,  242. 
Stretch,  75. 
Stretten,  253. 
Strickenback,  83. 
Stride,  75. 
Strike,  222. 
Striker,  222,  222,  223. 
String,  210. 
Stringer,  103. 


Stringfellow,  65. 

Strip,  104,  222. 

Stroble,  249,  253,  265. 

Stroelin,  249. 

Strokes,  223. 

Strong,  79. 

Strongman,  80. 

Struble,  ^49. 

Struck,  222. 

Strucke,  222. 

Strutt,  71. 

Stryker,  222,  223,  223. 

Strype,  222,  224. 

Stubb,  141. 

Stubbings,  141. 

Stubblefield,  129. 

Stubbles,  140. 

Stubbs/76,  141,249. 

Stuck,  25. 

Stump,  140,  141,  141. 

Stumpf,  140. 

Stun,  222,  223. 

Stunt,  82. 

Sturdy,  80. 

Sturgeon,  120,120,121, 121. 

Sturn,  198. 

Sturt,  33. 

Style,  184,  185. 

Styles,  185. 

Styx,  96. 

Suares,  31. 

Such,  183. 

Suck,  90. 

Suckley,  91. 

Suckling,  94. 

Sudden,  79. 

Sudergreen,  249. 

Sue,  55,  188. 

Sues,  54. 

Suet,  209. 


366 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Suett,  209. 

Swabb,  249. 

Sugar,  207. 

Swadkins,  249. 

Sugden,  250. 

Swadlin,  94. 

Sughrue,  249. 

Swail,  177. 

Suit,  265. 

Swaill,  250. 

Sukey,  56. 

Swaine,  90. 

Sulkie,  67. 

Swale,  177. 

Sulley,  166. 

Swallow,  113. 

Sully,  166. 

Swan,  113. 

Sumbrado,  253. 

Swap,  41. 

Sumfleth,  249. 

Swares,  234. 

Summ,  191. 

Swartwout,  259. 

Summer,  154,  154. 

Swayne,  90,  91. 

Summerfield,  154. 

Sweat,  26. 

Summerhays,  154. 

Sweating,  26. 

Summers,  154. 

Sweatman,  227. 

Summersett,  76. 

Sweet,  66. 

Summit,  131. 

Sweetapple,  142. 

Summons,  187. 

Sweeten,  67. 

Sumner,  186. 

Sweetland,  127,  249 

Sumpter,  249. 

Sweetlin,  66,  249. 

Sunday,  156. 

Sweetman,  66. 

Sundy,  156. 

Sweetlin,  66. 

Sunken,  74. 

Swein,  7. 

Sunks,  31. 

Swell,  73. 

Sunley,  132. 

Swett,  26. 

Sunrise,  2,  157. 

S wetting,  26. 

Super,  74. 

Swift,  75. 

Supple,  38,  83. 

Swiger,  230. 

Surcomb,  253. 

Swigert,  230. 

Surgeon,  226. 

Swigg,  229. 

Surges,  267. 

Swillaway,  7. 

Surnam,  99. 

Swilling,  7. 

Surpluss,  267. 

Swindell,  189. 

Surrage,  253. 

Swindle,  189. 

Susand,  56. 

Swiney,  7. 

Suter,  90. 

Swing,  176. 

Sutor,  203. 

Swisher,  34. 

Suttle,  187. 

Switch,  214. 

Swab,  147. 

Switchell,  34. 

INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


367 


Switzer,  95. 
Swope,  34,  41. 
Sword,  218. 
Swords,  218,  220. 
Sworn,  233. 
Sjckelmore,  138. 
Sydle,  86. 
Sye,  10,  69. 
Sylveira,  249. 
Sym,  10. 
Synderland,  253. 
Synge,  59,  150,  151, 
Syntax,  184. 
Sypher,  182. 
Syster,  92. 
Sythe,  179. 
Syz,  10,  92. 

Tabb,  17,  108,  125. 
Tabele,  176. 
,     Taber,  162. 
Tacitus,  72. 
Tack,  211. 
Tackaberry,  140. 
Tacke,  198. 
Tackle,  212. 
Tackman,  198. 
Tacy,  249. 
Taft,  19. 
Tag,  77. 
Tagg,  76. 
Tailer,  203. 
Tainter,  122. 
Tait,  249. 
Tak,  8,  207. 
Talboys,  80. 
Talby,  253. 
Tallant,  60. 
Talley,  214,  215. 
Talliaferro,  243. 


Tallmadge,  55. 
Tallman,  79. 
Tally,  214. 
Talon,  122,  123. 
Tamborine,  163. 
Tame,  70. 
Tancock,  114. 
Taney,  165. 
Tank,  26,  179. 
Tann,  207. 
Tanner,  203,  204. 
Tanny,  205. 
Tansey,  142,  227. 
Tapley,  228. 
Tapp,  38. 
Tapper,  229,  230. 
Tappy,  230. 
Tarbox,  151. 
Tardy,  76,  76. 
Tare,  144. 
Tares,  145. 
Target,  218. 
Tarn,  253. 
Tarne,  133. 
Tarp,  249. 
Tarr,  150. 
Tarry,  77. 
Tart,  67,  208. 
Tartar,  98. 
Tarter,  98. 
Tartor,  98. 
Tasker,  50. 
Tasso,  37. 
Tate,  37,  253.  , 
Tatrow,  249. 
Tattersall,  103. 
Tattle,  72,  73. 
Tattler,  72. 
Tauler,  82. 
Tauney,  165. 


368 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Taunt,  222. 
Taverner,  228. 
Tawley,  253. 
Tay,  8. 
Taylor,  203. 
Taytasac,  249. 
Teachem,  185. 
Teachout,  185. 
Tead,  253. 
Teal,  113. 
Teamoh,  249. 
Tear,  67,  68,  69. 
Teare,  69. 
Teary,  67. 
Teas,  68. 
Tease,  66,  67,  68. 
Teather,  179. 
Teats,  51. 
Ted,  8. 
Teear,  69. 
Teel,  113. 
Teele,  113. 
Tees,  68. 
Teese,  68. 
Teeth,  52. 
Tefft,  253. 
Teh,  10. 
Teler,  204. 
Tell,  72,  72,  264. 
Teller,  72,  73,  204. 
Telling,  72. 
Tello,  72. 
Telton,  249. 
Teltow,  249.      . 
Temel,  249. 
Tempest,  148,  148. 
Temple,  168. 
Templeman,  199. 
Ten,  159. 
Tenant,  24,  25. 


Tench,  120. 
Tendrill,  140. 
Tener,  163. 
Tenneman,  158. 
Tennent,  25. 
Tennis,  217. 
Tent,  218. 
Terace,  132. 
Terra,  127. 
Terrier,  109. 
Test,  183,  183. 
Teste,  187. 
Tetherly,  253. 
Tetley,  90. 
Tette,  51. 
Tettey,  51. 
Teufel,  109. 
Tevein,  249. 
Tew,  8,  158. 
Tewksbury,  97. 
Thackara,  37. 
Thaine,  200. 
Thais,  56. 
Thalberg,  30. 
Thaler,  190. 
Thatcher,  203. 
Thaw,  149. 
Thick,  88. 
Thickbroom,  176. 
Thickpesse,  79. 
Thickstone,  130. 
Thin,  88. 
Thing,  98. 
Third,  159. 
Thissell,  138. 
Thistle,  145. 
Thistledon,  145. 
Thistlewood,  131,  144. 
Thorn,  235. 
Thomas,  13,  235. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


369 


Thompson,  237. 
Thorn,  138. 
Thorndike,  138,  239. 
Thorne,  138. 
Thornton,  138. 
Thorogood,  58. 
Thorowgood,  58. 
Thrall,  50. 
Thrash,  223. 
Thrasher,  119,  223. 
Thredder,  104. 
Threehouse,  169. 
Threeneedle,  158. 
Thresher,  222,  223. 
Thrift,  192. 
Throne,  199. 
Throop,  249. 
Thrush,  117,  117,  118. 
Thruston,  70. 
Thrustout,  221. 
Thughness,  249. 
Thum,  51,  53. 
Thumra,  51,  53. 
Thunder,  148,  148,  149. 
Thuolt,  243. 
Thursday,  156. 
Thus,  232. 
Thynne,  264. 
Tickell,  69. 
Tid,  8. 
Tidball,  251. 
Tidmarsh,  20,  240. 
Tidy,  73,  85. 
Tiedeman,  85. 
Tiemann,  28. 
Tier,  99. 
Tiers,  99. 
Tiffen,  229. 
Tiffin,  229. 
Tiffs,  229. 


Tift,  228. 
Tiger,  109,  111. 
Tigh,  27. 
Tighe,  27. 
Tight,  194. 
Till,  190. 
Tillet,  27. 
Tillock,  249. 
Tilt,  218. 
Timber,  171. 
Timbers,  173. 
Timeslow,  79. 
Timewell,  79. 
Timmins,  249. 
Tims,  236. 
Timson,  237. 
Tinbrooks,  133. 
Tingle,  223,  228. 
Tingleman,  223. 
Tingley,  223. 
Tink,  245. 
Tinker,  203. 
Tinkham,  249. 
Tinklepaugh,  163. 
Tinline,  205.      ■ 
Tinney,  175,  206. 
Tinsman,  206. 
Tipper,  23,  23. 
Tippet,  101. 
Tippett,  103. 
Tippin,  23. 
Tipping,  23. 
Tippit,  104. 
Tipple,  229,  230. 
Tippling,  229. 
Tite,  194. 
Title,  187. 
Titt,  113,  117. 
Tittell,  42. 
Tittle,  42. 


47 


370 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Tittman,  117. 
Titus,  36,  235,  249. 
Toad,  125. 
Toal,  36. 
Tobey,  236,  249. 
Tobias,  235,  236. 
Tobie,  236. 
Tochterman,  90. 
Tod,  107. 
Todhunter,  214. 
Todt,  5. 
Todtleben,  4. 
Toe,  52. 
Toel,  249. 
Toe  water,  51. 
Tole,  36. 
Tolefree,  35. 
Toler,  43. 
Toll,  35,  36. 
Tolls,  36. 
Tolman,  203. 
Tomb,  5. 
Tombs,  4. 
Tomes,  183,  185. 
Tomlin,  253. 
Tone,  163. 
Toner,  162. 
Tong,  27. 
Tongue,  51. 
Tonkin,  253. 
Tonks,  249. 
Toodle,  253. 
Toogood,  58. 
Tool,  179,  207. 
Toole,  179,  179,  180. 
Toomer,  27. 
Toomey,  4. 
Toon,  163. 
Toote,  163. 
Tooth,  52. 


Toothaker,  228. 
Tope,  249. 
Toplady,  32,  200. 
.  Topleaf,  138. 
Topp,  216.    ' 
Topping,  64. 
Torquatus,  100. 
Tosspot,  330. 
Tothell,  253. 
Totman,  249. 
Tottie,  82. 
Touch,  88. 
Tough,  81. 
Tounsend,  240. 
Tourney,  217. 
Tourtelotte,  11. 
Toward,  76. 
Tower,  168. 
Towgood,  58. 
Town,  168. 
Towne,  14,  168. 
Toy,  8,  207,  216. 
Toyl,  205. 
Tozer,  51. 
Trace,  213. 
Trader,  197. 

Traill,  75,  249,  253,  265. 
Train,  214,  214,  218. 
Trainer,  218. 
Tramp,  76. 
Trapman,  111. 
Trapp,  111. 
Trash,  45. 
Traum,  26. 
Travell,  75,  77. 
Traveller,  212. 
Travers,  188,  249. 
Traverse,  186. 
Travis,  249. 
Tray,  107,  176. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


371 


Treacher,  33. 

Treadaway,  164,  164,  164. 

Treadgold,  191. 

Treadwell,  75. 

Treasure,  194. 

Treasurer,  194. 

Treat,  22. 

Trebilcock,  115. 

Treble,  158. 

Treblecock,  114. 

Tree,  136,  136. 

Trees,  136. 

Tremble,  71. 

Trembley,  71. 

Trench,  31. 

Trenckle,  249. 

Trescott,  249. 

Tress,  53. 

Treter,  230. 

Treuckle,  249. 

Trevett,  176. 

Trew,  62. 

Trewin,  253. 

Tribbel,  159. 

Tribble,  158,  249. 

Triblecock,  115. 

Trick,  189. 

Tricker,  189. 

Trickey,  189. 

Trier,  62. 

Trigg,  73,  85. 

Trigge,  84. 

Triggs,  249. 

Trill,  162. 

Trim,  83. 

Trimble,  71. 

Trimm,  83. 


Trimmer,  105.* 
Trinkle,  149. 
Triol,  188. 
Trip,  75. 
Tripe,  123,  123. 
Triphook,  31. 
Triplett,  35. 
Tripp,  75. 
Trippet,  75. 
Trist,  67. 
Trister,  61. 
Tristram,  235. 
Triter,  61. 
Trivett,  251. 
Trodden,  70. 
Trollope,  58,  59. 
Troop,  98,  219. 
Trope,  185. 
Troplong,  82. 
Troth,  90. 
Trott,  30,  75. 
Trotter,  75. 
Trottman,  77. 
Troup,  98,  219. 
Trouse,  222. 
Trout,  119,  120. 
Troutbeck,  119,  239. 
Troutt,  120. 
Trowell,  209. 
Troy,  97. 
Truan,  253. 
Truant,  185. 
Truce,  219. 
Truckless,  213. 
Trucks,  213. 
True,  60. 
Trueblood,  266. 


*  There  is,  in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  a  firm  of  "  Angle  and  Trimmer,  Attorneys  and 
Counsellors." 


372 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Truefitt,  104,  104. 
Truelove,  91,  92. 
Trueman,  60. 
Truesdale,  253. 
Trueworthy,  60. 
Trukell,  249. 
Trull,  39. 
Trulock,  174. 
Truly,  232. 
Truman,  60. 
Trump,  215. 
Trumper,  215,  216. 
Trumpp,  214,  215. 
Trumpy,  214. 
Truss,  227. 
Trussell,  249. 
Trust,  73. 
Trusty,  74. 
Try,  232. 
Tryday,  156. 
Trye,  59. 
Tryon,  100. 
Tryst,  93. 
Tub,  209. 
Tubbs,  19,  179. 
Tubman,  200,  203. 
Tuck,  176. 
Tucker,  203. 
Tuckerman,  15,  203. 
Tuck  well,  176. 
Tudman,  253. 
Tudor,  36. 
Tuells,  8,  159. 
Tuff,  81. 
Tuffnayle,  50. 
Tuft,  141. 
Tufts,  140. 
Tuggy,  78. 
Tugnot,  78. 
Tugwell,  78,  78. 


Tuig,  249. 
Tulip,  145. 
Tully,  37,  37. 
Turner,  226. 
Tumpalty,  85. 
Tumplety,  85. 
Tune,  164. 
Tung,  51. 
Tunis,  98.  • 
Tunks,  249. 
Tunnicliff,  249. 
Turbat,  119. 
Turbet,  120. 
Turk,  23,  95,  174. 
Turn,  245. 
Turnbull,  87. 
Turner,  203. 
Turning,  65. 
Turnipseed,  243. 
Turns,  105. 
Turnure,  105. 
Turtell,  119. 
Turtle,  120. 
Tute,  162. 
Tuten,  162. 
Tutt,  234. 
Tutty,  234. 
Tuype,  185. 
Twaddell,  61,  73. 
Twaddle,  61,  73. 
Tway,  158,  159. 
Tweed,  96. 
Tweedle,  42. 
Tweedy,  96. 
Twelve,  158. 
Twelves,  158. 
Twentyman,  158. 
Twice,  159. 
Twigg,  138,  139,  140. 
Twiggs,  138,  139. 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


373 


Twilight,  156. 
Twiname,  158. 
Twine,  207,  210. 
Twiner,  33. 
Twining,  19,  249. 
Twiss,  249. 
Twist,  27. 
Twitchell,  34. 
Twitcher,  88. 
Twitchings,  226. 
Twitchwell,  78. 
Twogood,  57. 
Twohig,  158. 
Twohy,  22. 
Twopenny,  191. 
Twose,  158. 
Twycross,  249. 
Twylight,  157. 
Twynihoe,  33. 
Tye,  8,  27. 
Tying,  27, 
Tyler,  203. 
Tylls,  190. 
Tynte,  165. 
Tyre,  97. 

Tyte>  192,  193,  194. 
Tyus,  28. 
Tyzzer,  249. 

Uch,  10. 
Udrink,  231. 
Udy,  10. 
Ugly,  88. 
Uhl,  9. 
Ulier,  64. 
Ulm,  10. 
Ulp,  10. 
tJna,  10. 
Unbehin,  250. 
Underfinger,  85. 


Underhay,  253. 
Underhill,  127,  239. 
Underwood,  127,  239. 
Unett,  158. 
Unger,  21. 
Unit,  159. 
Unn,  10. 
Unruh,  71. 
Unwin,  216. 
Unz,  10. 
Upper,  81,  158. 
Ure,  8,  9,  10,  10. 
Uriah,  236. 
Uricoechea,  34. 
Urin,  123. 
Usher,  183,  200. 
Utt,  10. 
Utter,  73,  185. 
Utz,  10. 

Vail,  102,  127. 
Vaill,  102. 
Val,  9. 
Vale,  127. 
Valentine,  90. 
Vallee,  127. 
Vallet,  200. 
Valley,  131. 
Valliant,  221. 
Valory,  219. 
Value,  73,  74. 
Van,  213. 
Vanbushirk,  253. 
Vandall,  95. 
Vandeleer,  254. 
Vanderhoof,  122. 
Vanderslice,  249. 
Vane,  152,  152. 
Vanear,  171. 
Vanella,  144. 


374 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Vanhattem,  33. 
Van  Oven,  172. 
Van  Rensselaer,  240. 
Vans,  249. 
Vansickle,  180. 
Vantassle,  102. 
Vanvoorkis,  254. 
Vanwinkle,  29. 
Vanwinkler,  29. 
Varro,  88. 
Vary,  182. 
Vassal,  50. 
Vast,  201. 
Vatas,  33. 
Vaughan,  81. 
Vaux,  254. 
Veacock,  114. 
Veager,  249. 
Veal,  107,  242. 
Veber,  249. 
Veer,  197. 
Veil,  102. 
Veiller,  73. 
Venn,  253. 
Venner,  253. 
Vension,  108. 
Vent,  26. 
Venter,  51. 
Ventress,  51. 
Verge,  160. 
Vergoose,  45. 
Verity,  24. 
Vermilye,  166. 
Vernal,  154. 
Verplank,  171. 
Versey,  185. 
Vertue,  73. 
Very,  42,  43. 
Vesper,  157,  157. 
Vespre,  157. 


Vessel,  196. 
Vessels,  197. 
Vest,  38,  104,  245. 
Vesterman,  199. 
Vesty,  102. 
Vetch,  144. 
Vey,  10. 
Vghl,  44. 
Viall,  179. 
Vibert,  253. 
Vice,  73,  73,  73. 
Vickars,  201. 
Victor,  221. 
Victorine,  102. 
Victorson,  221. 
Victory,  221. 
Viers,  253. 
Vietz,  249. 
Vieuxteraps,  94. 
Vifven,  254. 
Vigilante,  26. 
Vigkle,  249. 
Vigor,  228. 
Village,  168. 
Vine,  140,  141. 
Vinebush,  144. 
Vinegar,  241. 
Vines,  140. 
Viney,  141,  143: 
Vinger,  53. 
Vinter,  206. 
Vinyard,  131. 
Violet,  145,  165. 
Vipen,  249. 
Virgil,  37. 
Virgin,  54. 
Virginia,  95. 
Virginius,  89. 
Virgo,  54,  5Q. 
Virtue,  57,  58,  73,  74. 


:ndex  of  surnames. 


875 


VisaU,  249. 
Viscount,  198. 
Vittum,  249. 
Vitty,  249. 
Vitus,  226. 
Vivian,  236. 
Vizard,  38. 
Vogel,  113. 
Volk,  249. 
Volta,  258. 
Voltaire,  37. 
Voltz,  254. 
Von  Hammer,  179. 
Vose,  7. 
Voter,  98. 
Vought,  249. 
Voy,  10. 
Vryling,  254. 

Wacker,  222. 

Wadd,  221. 

Waddell,  78,  78. 

Waddle,  78,  78. 

Waddy,  220. 

Wade,  133. 

Wadland,  254. 

Wadleigh,  78. 

Wadlin,  78. 

Wads  worth,  242. 

Wady,  133. 

Wafer,  183. 

Wager,  215,  215,  216,  216. 

Waggaman,  68. 

Wagget,  249. 

Waggoner,  205. 

Wagit,  214. 

Wagless,  68. 

Wagoner,  203. 

Wagonseller,  204. 

Wagstaff,  141,  222. 


Wail,  66.' 

Wailer,  69. 

Wails,  68. 

Wain,  179,  212. 

Waine,  212. 

Wainwright,  203. 

Waiscot,  102. 

Waist,  50. 

Waitt,  75. 

Wake,  26,  26. 

Wakefield,  128. 

Wakely,  26. 

Wakeman,  26,  26,  70. 

Waker,  26. 

Wakes,  26. 

Wakeum,  26. 

Wakum,  26. 

Walbridge,  178. 

Waldgrave,  199. 

Walduck,  117. 

Waldvogel,  117. 
Wale,  120. 
Wales,  95.  . 
Walk,  77. 
Walke,  75,  77. 
Walker,  19,  75. 
Walkman,  254. 
Walko,  249. 
Walkup,  75,  265. 
Wall,  171,  172,  174. 
Wallace,  37. 
Wallach,  95. 
Wallack,  95. 
Walley,  239. 
WTallop,  222,  223. 
Wallowbury,  7. 
Wallower,  7. 
Wallrapp,  23. 
Wallraven,  118. 
Walls,  173. 


376 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Wallwork,  173. 
Walnut,  137,  138. 
Walpole,  140. 
Walter,  236. 
Waltz,  164,  164. 
Walz,  164. 
Warn  pas,  254. 
Wand,  199. 
Wandelip,  84. 
Wander,  74,  75. 
Wanless,  81. 
Wanmaker,  80. 
Wanner,  80,  81. 
Want,  21,  21. 
Wantman,  21. 
Wanton,  39. 
Wants,  21. 
Wappers,  65. 
Ward,  92,  168. 
Warden,  199. 
Warder,  220. 
Wardrobe,  103,  104,  106. 
Wardwell,  221. 
Ware,  207,  232. 
Wares,  179,  205. 
Warfield,  218. 
Warley,  220. 
Warloch,  48. 
Warn,  186. 
Warner,  186. 
Warning,  186. 
Warr,  218. 
Warrant,  187,  188. 
Warren,  108. 
Warry,  220,  221. 
Warsawer,  98. 
Warse,  250. 
Warshaw,  249. 
Warshing,  250. 
Wart,  226,  226. 


Wartman,  226. 
Warts,  226. 
Warty,  226. 
Wase,  254. 
Wasgatt,  249. 
Wash,  133,  148. 
Washburn,  239. 
Washer,  147,  203. 
Washman,  148. 
Washmore,  148. 
Wasp,  124. 
Wass,  249. 
Wasserman,  204. 
Wasson,  254. 
Waste,  193. 
Watchhorn,  26. 
Water,  132,  134. 
Waterfall,  134. 
Waterhair,  51. 
Waterhouse,  168. 
Waterland,  129. 
Waterman,  203. 
Waters,  133. 
Waterstone,  30. 
Waterworks,  134. 
Watgig,  212. 
Wating,  75. 
Watker,  249. 
Watrous,  134. 
Watt,  232. 
Watters,  33. 
Wattle,  122. 
Wattles,  116,  250. 
Wax,  8,  25,  183. 
Waxman,  87. 
Way,  8,  178. 
Wayland,  127. 
Wead,  143. 
Weager,  254. 
Weak,  81. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


377 


Weakley,  81. 
Weale,  222,  254. 
Weand,  94. 
Wear,  103,  105. 
Weare,  254. 
Wearey,  103. 
Wears,  19. 
Weasel,  108. 
Weatherbee,  124. 
Weatherhead,  65. 
Weatherly,  147. 
Weatherspoon,  149. 
Weatherwax,  147,  249. 
Weaver,  203. 
Weavill,  124. 
Webb,  124,  243. 
Webber,  203. 
Webster,  203. 
Wedburg,  254. 
Wedd,  92. 
Wedge,  27,  207. . 
Wedgewood,  138,  176. 
Wedin,  249. 
Wedlock,  91,  92. 
Weed,  142,  143. 
Weeden,  144. 
Weekley,  154. 
Weekly,  154. 
Weekman,  80. 
Weeks,  155. 
Weeman,  81. 
Wees,  87. 
Weese,  87. 
Wefer,  249. 
Wehle,  241. 
Weibrecht,  55. 
Weight,  73. 
Weightman,  80,-  80.   ' 
Weil,  250. 
Weiler,  250. 


Weill,  250. 
Wein,  230. 
Weinbeer,  30. 
Weiner,  230. 
Weiners,  230. 
Weingartner,  230. 
Weinland,  127. 
Weinman,  230. 
Weins,  249. 
Weinstock,  230. 
Weintz,  249. 
Weir,  119. 
Weisbrod,  208. 
Weiser,  62. 
Weisgaber,  72. 
Weisheit,  62. 
Weiskopf,  62. 
Weisman,  62. 
Weismann,  62. 
Weissbein,  50. 
Wei,  228. 
Welbank,  132. 
Welchman,  95. 
Welcombe,  42. 
Weld,  207. 
Welding,  208. 
Weldon,  234. 
Well,  227. 
Wellbank,  132^ 
Wellbeloved,  59. 
Weiler,  228,  267. 
Wellman,  227. 
Wellock,  249. 
Wells,  133. 
Welp,  110. 
Welpley,  107. 
Welps,  110. 
Welsh,  95. 
Welstood,  77. 
Wenbane,  225. 


4S 


378 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Weney,  250. 
Wenige,  81. 
Weniger,  241. 
Wenman,  226. 
Wenning,  226. 
Went,  77. 
Wentz,  249. 
Werdall,  254. 
Wesburg,  249. 
Wescott,  102. 
Wesley,  152. 
Wessel,  198. 
Wessell,  197,  198. 
Wessells,  197,  198. 
Wessels,  197,  198. 
West,  152,  152. 
Westell,  152,  152. 
Westbrook,  152,  152. 
Westbroom,  153. 
Westcoat,  102. 
Wester,  152. 
Westerfield,  152. 
Westerman,  152. 
Western,  152. 
Westfall,  153. 
Westfield,  153. 
Westgate,  152,  240,  265. 
Westlake,  153,  265. 
Westland,  152. 
Westman,  152,  153. 
Westmoreland,  97. 
Weston,  97. 
Westwood,  153. 
Wetmore,  148. 
Wetts,  160. 
Wewer,  91. 
Wex,  10,  10. 
Wey,  8,  10,  209. 
Weyman,  209. 
Weymouth,  97,  97. 


Whaines,  202,  249. 
Whains,  212. 
Whale,  119,  120. 
Whalen,  222. 
Whales,  120. 
Whaley,  120. 
Whall,  171. 
Wharf,  197. 
Wharm,  151. 
Whatman,  232. 
Wheat,  7,  144. 
Wheatcroft,  128. 
Wheatland,  128. 
Wheatly,  144. 
Wheatstone,  145. 
Whedbee,  124. 
Wheeler,  203. 
Wheeling,  98. 
Wheelwright,  203. 
Whelpley,  107,  110. 
Whelps,  110. 
Wheples,  249. 
Wherty,  249. 
Whetstone,  193. 
Whetter,  147. 
Whicher,  249. 
Whidden,  249. 
Whip,  223. 
Whipp,  213,  223. 
Whippen,  222. 
Whipperman,  266. 
Whippey,  223. 
Whipping,  222. 
Whippo,  254. 
Whiskeyman,  230. 
Whist,  216. 
Whistler,  87. 
Whiston,  34. 
Whistpot,  215. 
Whitaker,  166. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


379 


Whitbread,  167,  208,  208. 
Whitcher,  249. 
Whitcraft,  62. 
White,  165,  166. 
Whiteall,  167. 
Whiteberry,  167. 
Whitebread,  208. 
Whitecar,  214. 
Whitechurch,  166. 
Whitefield,  167. 
Whitefoot,  243,  245. 
Whitehead,  35,  86,  93,  94. 
Whiteheat,  150. 
Whitehill,  167. 
Whitehorn,  122,  167. 
Whitehorne,  122,  166,  167. 
Whitehouse,  166. 
Whitelaw,  226. 
Whitelocke,  94. 
Whitelow,  226. 
Whitely,  167. 
Whiteman,  166. 
Whitemarsh,  131. 
Whitenock,  167. 
Whiteside,  50,  86,  167. 
Whitesides,  83,  86. 
Whitest,  166. 
Whitewright,  167. 
Whiting,  119,  166,  207. 
Whitlaw,  226. 
Whitman,  166. 
Whitmarsh,  128. 
Whitten,  249. 
Whittier,  15,  249. 
Whittingham,  11,  254. 
Whittle,  40. 
Whittley,  40. 
Whitty,  59. 
Wholers,  249. 
Whorf,  133,  197. 


Whorff,  197. 
Whymper,  69. 
Whyms,  250. 
Whytall,  40. 
Wick,  177. 
Wicke,  177. 
Wickes,  177. 
Wicks,  177,  254. 
Wick  ware,  177. 
Widders,  56. 
Widdifield,  128. 
Widdoes,  56. 
Widdow,  56. 
Widdows,  54. 
Wideman,  80. 
Widener,  80. 
Wider,  80. 
Widger,  249. 
Widgery,  249. 
Wie,  10. 
Wiekman,  80. 
Wier,  119,  207. 
Wife,  93.  ' 
Wiffe,  29. 
Wigel,  78. 
Wigeman,  105. 
Wiget,  249. 
Wigfall,  104,  105. 
Wigg,  103,  106. 
Wiggans,  105. 
Wigger,  105. 
Wiggers,  105. 
Wiggin,  101,  102. 
Wiggins,  101. 
Wiggles,  78. 
Wigglesworth,  11,  78. 
Wight,  165. 
Wightman,  166. 
Wightwick,  33,  177. 
Wigle,  78,  78. 


380 


NDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Wigley,  102. 
Wigman,  104. 
Wigmore,  101,  104,  249. 
Wilboar,  107. 
Wilcock,  114. 
Wild,  71. 
Wilder,  71. 
Wildgoose,  46. 
Wildman,  58. 
Wile,  61. 
Wileman,  68. 
Wiley,  60. 
Wilhelm,  236. 
Wilhelmy,  236. 
Will,  70,  236,  236. 
Willcock,  114. 
Willey,  236. 
WiUhelm,  236. 
Williams,  237. 
Williamson,  237. 
Willing,  43,  66,  67. 
Willis,  15. 
Willows,  138. 
Wills,  100. 
Willwert,  249. 
Wilt,  70,  81,  83. 
Wily,  60.  . 
Wimble,  254. 
Wimin,  56. 
Wimp,  105,  250. 
Winaus,  254. 
Winch,  207. 
Winchester,  97. 
Winck,  87. 
Wincup,  229. 
Wind,  148. 
Winde,  147. 
Winder,  43. 
Windle,  250. 
Window,  173. 


Windsor,  97. 
Windus,  254. 
Wine,  20. 
Winefield,  128. 
Winegar,  68,  210. 
Winegardner,  230. 
Winehart,  230. 
Wineman,  230. 
Wines,  14,  22,  230. 
Winestock,  230. 
Winfield,  129,  219. 
Wing,  6,  31. 
Winger,  251. 
Wingfield,  129. 
Wingrove,  129. 
Winker,  87. 
Winks,  87. 
Winlow,  215. 
Winmore,  215. 
Winn,  192,  214. 
Winneberger,  254. 
Winner,  215,  215. 
Winning,  215,  215. 
Winnington,  215. 
Winpenny,  215,  216. 
Winpress,  229. 
Winship,  219. 
Winshot,  216. 
Winslow,  214,  239. 
Winsor,  97. 
Winter,  2,  154,  155. 
Winterbottom,  154. 
Winterfield,  154. 
Winterflood,  154. 
Winterhalter,  169. 
Wintermute,  154. 
Winteroth,  154. 
Winters,  154,  154. 
Wintersmith,  154. 
Winthrop,  15,  239. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


381 


Wipen,  149. 
Wire,  210. 
Wireman,  210. 
Wires,  210. 
Wirm,  125. 
Wirth,  24,  249. 
Wisdom,  59,  62. 
Wise,  59,  62. 
Wisehead,  62,  94. 
Wiseman,  62. 
Wiser,  60. 
Wishman,  64. 
Wisker,  51. 
Wisler,  87. 
Wislicenus,  254. 
Wisman,  59. 
Wissel,  87. 
Wissler,  87. 
Wist,  215,  234. 
Wistler,  87. 
Witcraft,  61,  62. 
With,  232. 
Withcraft,  61. 
Wither,  83. 
Witherbee,  124. 
Withering,  83. 
Witheron,  226. 
Withers,  122. 
Witherspoon,  249. 
Witherup,  83. 
Witman,  59. 
Witmire,  131. 
Witt,  59. 
Wittewrong,  33. 
Wittle,  41. 
Wittnoon,  33. 
Witts,  62. 
Wix,  254. 
Wixon,  67. 
Woburn,  97. 


Wolf,  107. 

Wolfe,  109. 

Wolff,  107. 

Wolfinger,  53. 

Wolfram,  111. 

Wolfson,  107,  111. 

Woollenhaupt,  85. 

Wolper,  65. 

Wolpers,  65. 

Wolpper,  65. 

Wolsey,  207,  210- 

Wombwell,  227. 

Wonder,  40. 

Wood,  20,  20,  27, 136, 137, 150. 

Woodberry,  140. 

Woodbridge,  133,  239. 

Woodburn,  127. 

Woodcock,  114. 

Wooden,  60,  60. 

Woodfall,  136. 

Woodfin,  31. 

Woodford,  133. 

Woodfork,  22. 

Woodgate,  171,  173. 

Woodhead,  60. 

Woodhouse,  168. 

Woodhull,  198. 

Woodifield,  128. 

Woodland,  127,  131. 

Woodley,  136. 

Woodlief,  139. 

Woodlin,  133. 

Woodman,  203. 

Woodnot,  43. 

Woodroofe,  171. 

Woods,  136. 

Woodside,  127,  131. 

Woodson,  93. 

Woodsum,  249. 

Woodthrift,  195. 


382 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


Woodward,  138. 
Woody,  136. 
Woof,  210. 
Wool,  123,  207. 
Woolcocks,  207. 
Woolfield,  207. 
Woolfolk,  98. 
Woolhouse,  170. 
Woollen,  207. 
Woolley,  207,  207. 
Woolsey,  207. 
Woolly,  207. 
Woram,  105. 
Worcester,  97. 
Word,  185. 
Worde,  183. 
Wordsworth,  242. 
Worgan,  33. 
Work,  26,  205. 
Workey,  74. 
Workman,  200,  203. 
Worknot,  205. 
Works,  205,  205. 
World,  49. 
Wormall,  71. 
Worme,  125. 
Wormley,  124. 
Worms,  125. 
Wormstall,  125. 
Worm  well,  71. 
Wormwood,  227. 
Worn,  70,  83,  105. 
Worst,  74. 
Wort,  226. 
Worth,  57,  57,  267. 
Worthley,  249. 
Worthman,  57. 
Worthy,  58. 
Worthy  lake,  254. 
Wortman,  226. 


Worts,  123,  226. 
Wortt,  226. 
Wotherspoon,  179. 
Wragg,  26,  26. 
Wragge,  26. 
Wran,  77. 
Wrapp,  250. 
Wray,  254. 
Wreaks,  250. 
Wrely,  234. 
Wren,  113,  116. 
Wright,  202. 
Wrighter,  185. 
Wrigler,  78. 
Wrigley,  78,  78. 
Wrin,  250. 
Wrinkle,  87. 
Write,  183. 
Writmire,  187. 
Writt,  188. 
Wroth,  68. 
Wry  ass,  110. 
Wrymill,  267. 
Wulgar,  88. 
Wunder,  62,  62. 
Wunderlich,  62. 
Wunderly,  62. 
Wunders,  40. 
Wunsch,  64. 
Wurm,  125. 
Wust,  250. 
Wye,  8,  96,  232. 
Wyer,  207. 
Wyeth,  138. 
Wyles,  186. 
Wynne,  214. 
Wyre,  207,  210. 
Wythe,  140. 

Yam,  9. 


INDEX    OF    SURNAMES. 


383 


Yard,  159,  160,  160. 

Yardley,  160,  160,  160. 

Yarnall,  32. 

Yaw,  9. 

Yea,  232. 

Yeaker,  250. 

Yeale,  254. 

Yeamans,  254,  254. 

Yearey,  154. 

Yearly,  154. 

Yeary,  154. 

Yell,  162. 

Yellow,  165. 

Yelpbot,  164. 

Yem,  9. 

Yenn,  254. 

Yeo,  8. 

Yeoman,  203,  204. 

Yeomans,  204. 

Yerxa,  250. 

Yesterday,  156. 

Yett,  232. 

Yhm,  10. 

Yielding,  70. 

Yoakum,  111. 

Yocom,  112. 

Yocum,  112. 

Yoe,  10. 


Yoke,  207. 
Yokem,  112. 
Yokom,  111. 
York,  97. 
You,  10. 
Youlen,  250. 
Young,  93. 
Youngblood,  24. 
Younger,  93. 
Younghusband,  91,  92. 
Younglove,  92. 
Youngman,  93. 
Younker,  93. 
Youring,  254. 
Yule,  155. 

Zah,  10. 
Zeal,  64. 
Zeh,  10. 
Zenn,  250. 
Zimmer,  172,  173. 
Zimmerman,  172,  173. 
Zink,  175. 
Zipp,  230. 
Zippill,  230. 
Zoll,  36. 
Zremm,  250. 
Zumgrunde,  254. 


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